Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for larceny of automobile; from Polk superior court — Judge Irwin. May 17, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. An assignment of error in these words: “Because upon the trial of said case the court erred in his charge to the jury-in all its parts by referring to both defendants as though their joint action in the whole matter had been fully established by the evidence; because his honor’s charge throughout led the jury to believe that if either of the defendants took the car, or if either of the defendants had possession of the car and that possession was not explained, that both defendants were guilty of taking the car and having it in their possession,” is fatally defective, in that it fails to…
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- McArthur v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
- Sullivan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914