Sheppard v. State

The indictment in this case charges that, on May 20, 1929, in Bibb county, Georgia, Bobert L. Wilson, alias Shorty Wilson, and Frank Sheppard did steal “one Buick touring-car automobile, of the value of one thousand dollars, and of the personal goods of J. P. Myddleton.” Sheppard was convicted, and he excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.

Since the brief of evidence is so long, and the amendment to the motion for a new trial covers seventy-three pages and contains thirty-two grounds, we shall undertake to shorten this decision somewhat by stating enough of the evidence…