Love v. State

The defense • charged is simple larceny, a misdemeanor. “Indictments may be found and filed in the proper courts: In all misdemeanors, within two years after the commission of the offense, and at no time thereafter. If the offender shall abscond -from this State, or so conceal himself that he cannot be arrested, such time during which he has been absent from the State, or concealed, shall not be computed or constitute any part of said several limitations. Nor shall any limitation run so long as the offender or offense is unknown.” Code, § 31-601 (4); In McLane v. State, 4 Ga. 335, 342, it was…