Mathis v. State

Townsend, Presiding Judge.

1. The first special ground of the motion for a new trial after conviction of the defendant for larceny of an automobile assigns error on the denial by the trial court of the defendant’s renewed motion at the conclusion of the evidence to strike from the record all testimony regarding the defendant’s alleged confession of the crime to two' peace officers. It appears that the defendant was first apprehended in Atlanta, Ga., while riding in an automobile driven by another, which was stopped because it bore a stolen license tag; that both men were arrested; that during…