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(Orig. Code 1863, § 572; Code 1868, § 636; Code 1873, § 595; Code 1882, § 595; Penal Code 1895, § 1080; Penal Code 1910, § 1107; Code 1933, § 27-2803.)
- For article on whether one's property is forfeited after a conviction based on a nolo contendere plea, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979).
This section was an exception to the general rule as to how fees shall be paid. Davis v. County of Bibb, 116 Ga. 23, 42 S.E. 403 (1902).
Cited in Lumpkin County v. Davis, 185 Ga. 393, 195 S.E. 169 (1938).
- Items of cost of prosecution for which defendant may be held, 65 A.L.R.2d 854.
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