Jordan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Eelton. Bibb superior court. January 5, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Lamar*, J.
1. The time and place of the commission of a crime must always appear. While it is best to make specific proof of the date, yet that the offense was committed within the statute of limitations may be established by circumstantial or indirect evidence. What is sufficient must be determined by the special facts of each case. In Tipton v. State, 119 Ga. 304, it *444is stated that where a month is referred to, it- will generally be understood to be of the current year, unless from the connection this appears to be impossible. And if this trial had taken place in January, 1904, it is evident…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Costly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856
- Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway v. RaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Tipton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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