Thompson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of receiving stolen goods; from city court of Black-shear — Judge B. G. Mitchell Jr. January 8, 1914. The motion for a new trial contained the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and to the evidence, and the following grounds: (1) “Because the court permitted the witness Lewis Thomas to be brought from the witness-room and identified by the witness on the stand for the State, Willie Lanier, as the principal who went with him and helped him get the meat,…
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Accusation of receiving stolen goods; from city court of Black-shear — Judge B. G. Mitchell Jr. January 8, 1914. The motion for a new trial contained the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and to the evidence, and the following grounds: (1) “Because the court permitted the witness Lewis Thomas to be brought from the witness-room and identified by the witness on the stand for the State, Willie Lanier, as the principal who went with him and helped him get the meat, and as the man who had been convicted the day before of stealing the meat. The defendant then and there urged the…
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
1. On the trial of one indicted for receiving stolen goods, it was error for the court to permit a person who had been subpoenaed and sequestered as a witness for the defendant, but had not testified, to be brought before the jury and identified by a witness for the prosecution “as the principal who went with him and helped him to get” the goods, “and as the man who had been convicted the day before of stealing” the goods; counsel for the accused objecting on the ground that this would tend to impeach the testimony of the person so identified. The only probable purpose and effect of such…
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