Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Larceny. Indictment. Practice-Charge of court. Verdict. New trial. Before JudgeWellborn. Habersham superior court. September-term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blecklet, Chief Justice.
The indictment was for simple larcency, and the goods stolen, as alleged, consisted of “one hundred dollars in greenback bills, of the value of one hundred *370dollars.” There was no demurrer to the indictment for insufficient description of the hills.
Simple larceny is “the wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away by any person of the personal goods of another with intent to steal the same.” Code, §4393. Being found guilty, the accused moved for a new trial on various grounds. ~We will dispose of these grounds by ruling upon all of them which seem material.
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