Jenkins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Larceny. Verdict. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Taylor Jenkins was placed on trial for the offense of larceny from the house.
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Criminal law. Larceny. Verdict. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1872. Taylor Jenkins was placed on trial for the offense of larceny from the house. The only material portion of the indictment was as follows: “ For that the said Taylor Jenkins, in the county aforesaid, on the 16th day of December, in the year 1872, with force and arms, did enter the store of William B. Cox and William R. Hill, and -did then and there wrongfully and fraudulently steal, take and carry away from said storehouse, one barrel of whiskey, containing forty-three gallons, of the goods and…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. The general charge against the defendant is that he is guilty of “ larceny from the house.” We think the evidence justifies the finding of the jury. He did “privately steal the goods and chattels of Messrs. Cox & Hill in their house.” This, under the Act of February 20th, 1873, is felony, if the goods were worth over $50 00. They are alleged to be worth $60 00 in the indictment. Mr. Cox swears he had no whiskey worth less than $1 25 per gallon, and that a barrel holds from thirty-five to forty-five gallons. The drayman swears that the barrel he hauled for defendant was full.…
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