Russell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Practice in Superior Court. Jury. Intent. Before Judge Harris. Douglas Superior Court. July Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for the offence of larceny from the house, and on a trial on the same he was found guilty. A motion was made for a new trial, which was overruled, and excepted to.
The first and second grounds of the motion are the usual statutory grounds of the verdict being contrary to law and evidence. The third ground, and the one mainly relied upon here, was as follows:
When the judge had charged the jury, he directed them to retire and make up their verdict; they retired, and, after deliberation for some time, they returned into court with a verdict of…
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