Lewis v. Forehand
Lewis v. Forehand
117 Ga. 798; 45 S.E. 68; 1903 Ga. LEXIS 340
Lewis v. Forehand
Opinion of the Court
Where, on the trial in a mayor’s court of one accused of a violation of a municipal ordinance, the accused is convicted and sentenced to pay a fine, the court may subsequently, during the same term, amend its judgment by adding an alternative sentence to a term upon the public works, such alternative sentence being within the provision of the law under which the accused was convicted. 17 Am. &Eng. Ene. L. (2ded.) 813 ; Meaders v. State, 96 Ga. 301. Judgment affirmed.
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