Thomasson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for larceny from the person, in Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, at April Term, 1857 The defendant, Hensley J. Thomasson was indicted for stealing from the person of Joseph W. Varner a large amount of the Bills of the Mechanics Bank of Augusta.
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Indictment for larceny from the person, in Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, at April Term, 1857 The defendant, Hensley J. Thomasson was indicted for stealing from the person of Joseph W. Varner a large amount of the Bills of the Mechanics Bank of Augusta. The of-fence was charged to have been committed in a room occupied by Varner at the United States Hotel in the city of Augusta, on the night of the 2Oth February, 1856. After a jury were impannelled and sworn, and the first witness on the part of the State called to the stand, the defendant’s counsel moved to quash the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
There was a new trial moved for, in this case, on ten grounds. In the motion all the exceptions to the rulings and decisions of the Court during the progress of the trial, are embraced. The Court overruled the motion and this decision is excepted to, and our judgment on that exception will dispose of the several errors assigned.
[1.] After a jury was empannelled and sworn, and the first witness called to the stand, the defendant’s counsel moved to quash the indictment, because the bills alleged to have been stolen were not therein sufficiently…
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