Chislon v. State

1. The plaintiff in error was tried on an accusa-. tion in the city court of Dublin, charging him with the offense of larceny from the person. A verdict of guilty was returned, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. During the trial the judge gave in charge to the jury the sections of the Penal Code relating to confessions of guilt; and this is, assigned as error on the ground that it was not authorized by any evidence in the case. The exception is well taken, and, on the authority of Thomas v. State, 143 Ga. 268 (3), 269 (84 S. E. 587), Dumas v. State, 63 Ga. 601 (5), and Knight v.…