Legal Opinion

Moss v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 28, 1891PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Criminal law. Larceny from the house. Verdict. Before Judge Milner. Whitfield superior court. April term, 1891.

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed.

Defendant was indicted for burglary. The house which it was charged he burglariously entered, and from which it was alleged he took and carried away with intent to steal a pair of'men’s “pants” and other things, was the house of one D. A. Smith. He was found guilty of larceny from the house, and moved for a new trial upon the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence and without evidence to support it. The motion was overruled, and he excepted.

*242The evidence for the State, in brief, was: Defendant lived, at the time of the alleged offence, about fifty yards…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Duckett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
  2. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  3. Wynn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Parrett v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1928

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