Davis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for larceny; from Liberty superior court-rJudge Sheppard. February 17, 1919. Application for certiorari to review this decision was denied by the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.
1. . The 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th special grounds (the ' two latter grounds being erroneously numbered 6th and 7th) of the motion for a new trial, complaining of the admission of evidence, are too indefinite and incomplete within themselves to be considered by this court.
2. It was not error to charge the jury as follows: “Now I charge you the law concerning the recent possession: Where a larceny is shown to have been committed, that is to say, where the principal fact that a larceny has been committed and a person is found to have been in the recent possession of the goods that were stolen, why…
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