Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Maddox. Polk superior court. August term, 1887- Dave Roberts and Marion Dave were jointly indicted for hog-stealing, were tried together, and both found guilty, Marion Dave being recommended to mercy. The case made by the State was, in brief, this: The prosecutor, William Wilson, owned a black and white spotted sow, which was just about to have pigs.
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New trial. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Maddox. Polk superior court. August term, 1887- Dave Roberts and Marion Dave were jointly indicted for hog-stealing, were tried together, and both found guilty, Marion Dave being recommended to mercy. The case made by the State was, in brief, this: The prosecutor, William Wilson, owned a black and white spotted sow, which was just about to have pigs. On the day after he last saw her alive, he. was notified by a neighbor that some of the remains of a sow were on a tract of land near the back of his farm. He. went to the spot and found…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. The facts of this case will be found in the official report. The court did right in overruling the motion for a new trial upon the 1st, 2d and 3d grounds thereof. The verdict is sustained by the evidence; it is not against the weight of evidence; nor is it contrary to law, as alleged in these three grounds.
2. The 4th ground is, “ Because the court ruled out the statement of Marion Dave or of defendants to the officers in searching his house, at the time his house was searched and the meat charged to have been stolen found, as to where said defendant got such meat.” We do…
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