Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Charge of Court. Evidence. Verdict. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. October term, 1880. Wilson was jointly indicted with Horton and Donovan for larceny from the person. The state elected to try them severally. On the trial of Wilson the evidence was, in brief, as follows: On November 10th, 1880, W. G. Mosely came into the car-shed on the Central railroad about mid-day. He had his family with him, and was also accompanied by one M Heard and family.
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Criminal law. Charge of Court. Evidence. Verdict. Before Judge Hillyer. Fulton Superior Court. October term, 1880. Wilson was jointly indicted with Horton and Donovan for larceny from the person. The state elected to try them severally. On the trial of Wilson the evidence was, in brief, as follows: On November 10th, 1880, W. G. Mosely came into the car-shed on the Central railroad about mid-day. He had his family with him, and was also accompanied by one M Heard and family. He remained sitting until the crowd got out. All this time he held his hand on his money, which was in a shot-bag in his…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
Lewis Wilson, the plaintiff in error, was jointly indicted with two other persons for larceny from the person of one *594Wm. G. Mosely of the sum of $590.00. The prisoners having severed, he was tried first, convicted and moved for a new trial, which the court refused, and he excepted.
The questions made by the motion for a new trial, and which have not been considered and disposed of in the case of the State vs. Horton, just rendered, are :
1. That the judge in his instructions to the jury, said, “ The charge in the bill of indictment against the prisoner now on trial is larceny…
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