Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1911No. 3253PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Indictment for larceny from bouse; from Hall superior court— Judge Jones. February 11, 1911.

1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.

1. Tlieft of articles from a -warehouse platform, used for the purpose of carrying goods into the warehouse and removing them therefrom, as well as for the temporary deposit of goods, is larceny from the house. See Johnson v. State, 2 Ga. App. 405 (58 S. E. 684).

2. That the defendant’s possession of goods alleged to have been stolen was recent may be shown, either by the statement of the defendant himself or by the testimony of a witness introduced in his behalf, even though in each case the admission of the defendant’s possession be accompanied by an explanation to the effect that this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. City of Albany v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  2. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  3. Stembridge v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  4. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  5. Stephens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944

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