Johnson v. State

The defendant, Cal Johnson, was indicted and convicted for the offense of stealing five mules from the Layson Lumber Co., valued at $1650. The mules were found two days later fifty miles from the place of the taking in possession of the defendant. It should be borne in mind that after a verdict of guilty, in passing on a motion for new trial, that view of the evidence most favorable to the State must be taken, for every presumption and every inference is in favor of the verdict. Vandeviere v. State, 58 Ga. App. 18 (197 S. E. 338). The brief of evidence discloses that the mules were taken from…