Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 19, 1898PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Accusation of larceny from the house. Before Judge Willis. City court of Columbus. September term, 1898.

1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.

An accusation was preferred in the city court of Columbus, against the plaintiff in error, charging him with the offense of larceny from the house. The specific details of the charge made are, that on the 15th day of August, 1898, Esau Williams, unlawfully and with force and arms, certain pigeons of the value of one dollar, the property of Eranlc Kirven, in the chicken-house of one B. M. Kirven, feloniously and wrongfully, with intent to steal said pigeons, did take and carry away, etc. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty; and at the trial one of the questions was whether or not the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hooks v. Frick & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1885

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Northwestern University v. CrispSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  2. James Burston v. E. B. Caldwell, Warden, Georgia State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. Randall v. Atlanta Advertising ServiceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  4. Compton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
  5. State v. MarksIdaho Supreme Court · 1927

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