Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1875PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Criminal law. Burglary. ' Before Judge McCutchen. Whitfield Superior Court. April Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Judge.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of burglary. He makes no complaint of the charge of the court, or of any ruling upon evidence. His sole reliance is on the inconclusiveness of the proof made against him. The corpus delicti of burglary in the night time was established beyond all question, and the only problem left was, who was the burglar? The jury, on the evidence, thought it was the prisoner before them, and found him guilty. The main features of the evidence, so far as it went to implicate the prisoner, are presented briefly in the head-note. His bed was searched, and *325pr…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Mangham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  2. Bateman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Childers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Lopez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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