Goode v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Former Acquittal. Verdict. Before judge Branham. Henry Superior Court. April Term, 1883. Richard Goode was indicted for larceny from the house, and was acquitted.
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Criminal Law. Former Acquittal. Verdict. Before judge Branham. Henry Superior Court. April Term, 1883. Richard Goode was indicted for larceny from the house, and was acquitted. The body of the indictment was as follows: “ The grand jurors * * * charge and accuse Richard Goode, of the county and state aforesaid, of the offence of larceny from the house; for that the said Richard Goode, on the first day of September, in the year 1880, in the county aforesaid, did then and there, with force and aims, the house of one R. T. Harper, there situated, did enter in the daytime, and after having…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Richard Goode was indicted, tried and acquitted upon a,n indictment charging him with larceny from the house. The larceny was charged to have been committed in a house belonging to R. T. Harper, the prosecutor, and the goods stolen were charged to be his property.
Upon his acquittal, he was held and another bill of indictment was preferred and found, charging him with the same offence, in stealing m a house belonging to M. E. Harper, the goods jointly owned by R. T. Harper & Turner. A different day was alleged in this indictment from that laid in the first on which the' theft was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Buhler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Stringfield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
3Cited by28 opinions
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