Legal Opinion

Bridges v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1911No. 3272PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Indictment for burglary; from Campbell superior court — Judge L. S. Boan. December 8, 1910.

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, O. J.

1. Statements by the accused which may be considered as incriminatory, but not amounting to a confession of guilt, will not require a charge to the jury on the law of confessions.

2. The receiver of stolen goods is not an accomplice with the principal thief (Lowery v. State, 72 Ga. 649) ; and therefore, although there were some circumstances which might tend to show that a witness against the principal thief was himself the receiver of some portion of the good's stolen, the judge was not required to charge on the subject of the testimony of an accomplice.

3. Recently after the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lowery v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Self v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  2. Stewart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  3. Dye v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  4. R. T. M. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Haugabook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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