Anderson v. State

Bleckley, Justice.

After the conviction and sentence, on a plea of guilty, of one Morgan Robinson for larceny from the house, the plaintiff in error was tried as accessory after the fact, the charge being that he received the stolen goods from Robinson, knowing them to have been stolen. The goods in question consisted of certain sacks of guano of the value of twenty dollars. Anderson was convicted, and the court sentenced him to six months in the chain-gang, or to pay a fine of two hundred dollars and costs. He moved for a new trial.

1. One of the grounds of the motion was, that the court held…