Legal Opinion

Lundy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 18, 1883PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Criminal Law. New Trial. Before Judge Bower. Mitchell Superior Court. March Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandford, Justice.

Ben Lundy was indicted in the superior court of Mitchell county for burglary, and found guilty; he made his motion for new trial, upon the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the evidence, and upon the further ground of newly discovered evidence in this, that search had been made of the house of prisoner, and none of the property said to be missing from the house which had been burglarized could be found. The court below refused the new trial.

The evidence showed that the store-house of the prosecutor had been broken open on Christmas eve night, 1882, and…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Aiken v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  2. Byrd v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. Mangham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  5. Holliday v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919

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