Usom v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
' Indictment for robbery. Before Judge Gober. Cobb-superior court. November term, 1894. According to the testimony of Mrs. Bellah and her daughter, they were driving home from Marietta on the public road outside of the town, when they were overtaken by a negro man walking, lie walked by the side of the wagon for a few moments; then suddenly ran to the wagon and seized the satchel which was hanging on the “front gate” of the wagon.
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' Indictment for robbery. Before Judge Gober. Cobb-superior court. November term, 1894. According to the testimony of Mrs. Bellah and her daughter, they were driving home from Marietta on the public road outside of the town, when they were overtaken by a negro man walking, lie walked by the side of the wagon for a few moments; then suddenly ran to the wagon and seized the satchel which was hanging on the “front gate” of the wagon. Mrs. Bellah also took hold of it and tried to keep him from getting it, but he pulled it from her, breaking the handle, and ran away with it. These two witnesses…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
The corpus delicti was clearly proved, and although the evidence to identify the accused as the perpetrator of the crime was not strong nor entirely satisfactory to this. court, it was sufficient to warrant a finding that he was the guilty party. This court, therefore, cannot control the discretion of the judge below, who was satisfied with the verdict, in. refusing to grant a new trial. Judgment affirmed.
J. Z. Foster and Frey & Frey, for plaintiff in error. George R. Brovm, solicitor-general, by Harrison & Peeples, contra.
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