148 Ga. 589 | Ga. | 1918
B. H. Shaw was convicted in the city court of Savannah, on November 15, 1917, for violation of the prohibition laws of the State, and sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 and costs, or, in lieu thereof, to labor upon the chain-gang of Chatham county for six months. He moved for a new trial, which was denied on December 22, 1917. There
1. Under numerous decisions of this court the trial judge, after adjournment of the term at which the sentence was imposed by him, had no authority to change of modify the original sentence. Porter v. Garmony, 148 Ga. 261 (96 S. E. 426), and cases there cited.
2. It was not error to refuse to grant a discharge upon the writ of habeas corpus. Judgment affirmed.