Moncrief v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Harris. Cow-eta superior court. September term, 1895. Lee Monicrief was indicted for breaking and entering tbe carriage-bouse .of J. "W". Arnold and stealing therefrom a set of buggy harness, a saddle and a buggy rug. He was found guilty, and his motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Harris. Cow-eta superior court. September term, 1895. Lee Monicrief was indicted for breaking and entering tbe carriage-bouse .of J. "W". Arnold and stealing therefrom a set of buggy harness, a saddle and a buggy rug. He was found guilty, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion was upon the grounds that the verdict waB contrary to law and evidence; and that the court erred: “In allowing and permitting evidence of Byron Dearing that defendant and himself had placed a gun in the fodder loft, which was not connected with the crime charged.”…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Alleged error in admitting evidence cannot be considered by this court when the evidence objected to is not set out and the record does not disclose what ground or grounds of objection were mad© to it when offered at the trial.
2. Where in a trial for burglary the State insisted thait a certain house (in which goods alleged to have been taken from the burglarized premises were found) was in the possession of the accused, and there was evidence tending to show that his possession of such house was shared with another or others, 'there was no .error in charging in substance that the…
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