Moye v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. New trial. Evidence, Before Judge CRISP. Sumter Superior Court. October Term, 1880. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to ádd that counsel for the state were allowed, over objections on behalf of the defendant, to show that shortly after the burglary a witness for the state attended a party or candy-pulling, that defendant and his brother were there, that about the time the party ended, defendant’s brother showed some money, and stated…
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Criminal law. New trial. Evidence, Before Judge CRISP. Sumter Superior Court. October Term, 1880. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to ádd that counsel for the state were allowed, over objections on behalf of the defendant, to show that shortly after the burglary a witness for the state attended a party or candy-pulling, that defendant and his brother were there, that about the time the party ended, defendant’s brother showed some money, and stated that he had $150.00 belonging to defendant; that the latter was standing by near enough to hear what was said, but he…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.'
1. The defendant was indicted and found guilty of burglary, and excepts to the judgment of the superior court denying him a new .trial o.n two grounds only .which are urged before this court. One is that there is- not sufficient evidence to support the verdict. That the house of the *741prosecutor was broken open .and several, hundred dollars stolen from a trunk also broken open therein, there is no doubt. It is unquestioned.
The testimony which connects the defendant therewith is that he was in the employment of the prosecutor, that he inquired particularly where the…
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