Hawkins v. State

Hawkins was charged with breaking and entering the Houston street school-house and stealing therefrom a clock, the property of the City of Atlanta. He was found guilty of larceny from the house, of goods of the value of less than $50; and his motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion contained the general grounds, and alleged that the court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the testimony of Matthews, the principal of the Houston street school, who on direct •examination testified that the clock was the property of the City of Atlanta. On cross-examination he was asked how he…