This is also where bond / bail is set or the defendant is recogg'ed until trial. A preliminary hearing is after the arraignment but before trial and is were a plea or other offer is set forth to resolve the case before trial. The charges could be dropped at anytime after arraignment but before trial.
Soperton is a city in Treutlen County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,824 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Treutlen County. The city was named after Benjamin Franklin Soper, a railroad engineer. Soperton is located at 32Â°22â²34â³N 82Â°35â²34â³W / 32.37611Â°N 82.59278Â°W / 32.37611; -82.59278 (32.376067, -82.592724).
English settlers arrived in the 1730s, led by James Oglethorpe. The name Georgia, after Britain's King George II, dates from the creation of this colony. Slavery was forbidden in the colony, but the ban was overturned in 1749. Slaves numbered 18,000 at the time of the American Revolution.