Welch v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of simple larceny. Before Judge Hammond. City court of Griffin. June 7, 1906. W. W. Welch was arraigned in a city court upon an accusation for simple larceny, which alleged the fraudulent taking, etc., of $3.60, the property of the Griffin Manufacturing Company.
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Accusation of simple larceny. Before Judge Hammond. City court of Griffin. June 7, 1906. W. W. Welch was arraigned in a city court upon an accusation for simple larceny, which alleged the fraudulent taking, etc., of $3.60, the property of the Griffin Manufacturing Company. Hpon the trial evidence was introduced by the State, tending to establish the following facts: The accused went to the superintendent of the Griffin Manufacturing Company and asked for an advance for the purpose of procuring hands from a distance to work for the company. The advance was refused, and the accused thereupon…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The money was delivered to the agent of the Telegraph Company by the superintendent of the Griffin Manufacturing Company, to be used for the b.enefit of the accused, and not for the benefit of the superintendent or his company. When the application for the money order was made, and the accused was named therein as the sender, title to the money passed to him, and the delivery of the application to the Telegraph Company constituted it as his agent for the transmission "of the money to the sendee. The agency was revocable at will. The-demand by the accused…
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