Legal Opinion

Cosby v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 9, 1922No. 13374PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Indictment for larceny; from Wilkes superior court — Judge Shurley. January 30, 1922.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

1. In the indictment the ownership of the personal property charged to have been stolen was laid in one D. R. Short, and it was alleged that the property was “ under levy made by said Short ” and was in his legal possession and ownership. Upon the trial the evidence showed that title to the property was not in Short, but that when stolen the property was in his lawful possession as deputy sheriff *551of the county. Held-. There was no variance between the allegations of the indictment and the proof. Bennett v. State, 28 Ga. App. 235 (110 S. E. 756). See Goldberg v. State, 25 Ga. App. 198 (103 S,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bennett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Reese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931

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