Tribble v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

W. E. Tribble was jointly indicted in two counts with Shirley Mae Prater, alias Shirley Brownlee, for the offense of larceny of two automobiles. Tribble was tried separately, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty on both counts. He filed a motion for new trial on the usual general grounds which he amended by the addition of two special grounds, and the exception here is to the denial of that motion.

Reduced to its simplest elements, the evidence showed that the defendant was employed as a salesman by Fred Walters Oldsmobile Corporation in Fulton County, Georgia; that he,…