Legal Opinion

Yarborough v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 23, 1890PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Burglary. Indictment. Criminal law. Charge of court. Larceny from the house. Husband and wife. Before Judge Milner. Bartow superior court. July term, 1890. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The indictment charged both burglary and larceny from tbe house. The house was alleged to be the dwelling-house of B. T. Leake, and the breaking and entering were charged to be with intent to steal the goods and' chattels of said B. T. Leake. The indictment then proceeded to allege a felonious stealing from the house of a locket of the value of $10, the property of Mattie Leake. The verdict was a general finding of guilty.

1. The evidence as to the ownership of the house was that: “B. T. Leake has everything in his wife’s name. His wife claimed the house as her own, but…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Goode v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  2. Primrose v. BrowningSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  3. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
  4. Neal v. PerkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Stevens v. McClaughryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
  2. Munson v. McClaughryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  3. Murphy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Olliff v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wendell v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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