Chapman v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Chapman v. State

42 S.E. 999, 116 Ga. 598, 1902 Ga. LEXIS 198

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedDecember 9, 1902

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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Chapman v. State, 42 S.E. 999, 116 Ga. 598, 1902 Ga. LEXIS 198 (Ga. 1902).

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Little, J.

Chapman was indicted for a misdemeanor, and the case was transferred to and tried in the city court of Americus. The trial resulted in a conviction. The defendant moved for a new trial, -and the motion was continued from time to time, and came up finally for a hearing before the judge at chambers, under continuances properly made. We are conclusively to presume that this motion was heard in vacation, for the reason that it' does not appear by the bill of exceptions to have been heard in term time, and the order overruling the motion was dated at chambers, September 15, 1902. The motion will, therefore, be considered as having been determined in vacation. When the motion came on [599]*599for a hearing, the plaintiff in error, in connection therewith, submitted, in writing, a motion to set aside the judgment which had been rendered in the case, and to vacate the order or sentence based on said verdict, for reasons stated in the written motion. After considering that motion, the presiding judge denied and overruled the same, and the plaintiff in error excepted, and in his bill of exceptions complains that the court erred in overruling that motion. We do not think the court committed any error in so ruling. In the case of Haskens v. State, 114 Ga. 837, it is declared that a judge of the superior court has no authority to entertain a motion made in vacation to set aside a judgment of that court. So, without regard to whether there was or was not any merit in the ground of the motion to set aside, had it been made at the proper time, it is sufficient to say that, at the time it was presented, the court had no jurisdiction to entertain it, and committed no error in overruling the same.

2. It is also complained that the trial judge erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. The grounds of this motion were that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, against the weight of the evidence, and contrary to law. An examination of the evidence upon which the conviction was founded results in the conclusion that the evidence was sufficient to warrant the-verdict, and we know of no reason why the same is contrary to law. The judgment overruling the motion for a new trial is therefore

Affirmed.

All the Justices conmr ring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent, and Candler, J., not presiding.

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Little, J.

Chapman was indicted for a misdemeanor, and the case was transferred to and tried in the city court of Americus. The trial resulted in a conviction. The defendant moved for a new trial, -and the motion was continued from time to time, and came up finally for a hearing before the judge at chambers, under continuances properly made. We are conclusively to presume that this motion was heard in vacation, for the reason that it' does not appear by the bill of exceptions to have been heard in term time, and the order overruling the motion was dated at chambers, September 15, 1902. The motion will, therefore, be considered as having been determined in vacation. When the motion came on [599]*599for a hearing, the plaintiff in error, in connection therewith, submitted, in writing, a motion to set aside the judgment which had been rendered in the case, and to vacate the order or sentence based on said verdict, for reasons stated in the written motion. After considering that motion, the presiding judge denied and overruled the same, and the plaintiff in error excepted, and in his bill of exceptions complains that the court erred in overruling that motion. We do not think the court committed any error in so ruling. In the case of Haskens v. State, 114 Ga. 837, it is declared that a judge of the superior court has no authority to entertain a motion made in vacation to set aside a judgment of that court. So, without regard to whether there was or was not any merit in the ground of the motion to set aside, had it been made at the proper time, it is sufficient to say that, at the time it was presented, the court had no jurisdiction to entertain it, and committed no error in overruling the same.

2. It is also complained that the trial judge erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. The grounds of this motion were that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, against the weight of the evidence, and contrary to law. An examination of the evidence upon which the conviction was founded results in the conclusion that the evidence was sufficient to warrant the-verdict, and we know of no reason why the same is contrary to law. The judgment overruling the motion for a new trial is therefore

Affirmed.

All the Justices conmr ring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent, and Candler, J., not presiding.

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