84 Ga. 44 | Ga. | 1889
It appears that at the October term, 1887, of the superior court of Union county, the grand jury returned as true a bill of indictment against A. T. Silvey, charging him with a misdemeanor. At the April term, 1888, of said court, the accused made a demand for trial in accordance with section 4648 of the code. At the October term, 1888, he was put upon his trial, and was found guilty as charged in the bill of indictment. During said term he moved for a new trial, and a new trial was granted. Nothing more was done until the April term, 1889, of said court, when he moved the court to be discharged upon the ground that he was not .tried at the October term, 1888. The court overruled this motion, and he excepted, and insists that he should have had a legal trial at the October term, 1888, and not having had such trial, that he is thereby entitled to be discharged and acquitted of all offences charged in said bill of indictment against him.
We do not think that there is any error on the part of the court in refusing to grant the order asked for by the plaintiff' in error, for by the terms of the section of the code above referred to (§4648), it is provided that “Any person against whom a true bill of indictment is found, for an offence not affecting his or her life, may demand a trial at the term when the indictment is found, or atthe next succeeding term thereafter, or at any subsequent term by special permission of the court . .; and if such person shall not be tried at the term when the demand is made, or at the next succeeding term thereafter, . . then he or she shall be absolutely discharged and acquitted' of the offence charged in the indictment.” It appears from the record that the accused was tried