Crofton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Indictment. Variance. Allegata and Probata. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1887. On the trial of this case, the evidence of the only witness introduced (the prosecutor, a boy of nine years,) was substantially as follows: He was selling newspapers on á street. The defendant approached him; said the man hé staid with wanted a paper, and invited the witness to go with him.
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Criminal Law. Indictment. Variance. Allegata and Probata. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1887. On the trial of this case, the evidence of the only witness introduced (the prosecutor, a boy of nine years,) was substantially as follows: He was selling newspapers on á street. The defendant approached him; said the man hé staid with wanted a paper, and invited the witness to go with him. The witness followed; they turned into an alley, and defendant climbed over a fence, and told the boy to hand him a paper and ninety-five cents, and he would go and bring back a…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
William Orofton was indicted for the offence of larceny after trust. Upon the trial of the case, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Defendant moved for a new trial *587upon the several grounds contained in the motion. The presiding judge overruled the motion upon all the grounds, and. the defendant excepted, and assigns as error the order of the judge overruling said motion.
1. We see no error in those parts of the charge excepted to, nor to the refusal to give in charge the written request, of the counsel for the defendant.
2. The only question in the case that has troubled ns…
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