Legal Opinion

Lee v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Criminal law. Burglary. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. February Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

In this case the defendant was indicted and found guilty, and moved to arrest the judgment on the ground that the bill *478of indictment did not allege that the Savannah theatre, the place he was charged with breaking into, was a place where valuable goods, wares, produce, or any other article of value, was contained or stored. The indictment alleged that the theatre was the property of Thomas Arkwright and his place of business, and was broken into and entered with intent to commit a larceny. We all think it insufficient. Whether any article of value was in that theatre or not we…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Asa G. Candler Inc. v. Georgia Theater Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  2. Territory of Montana v. DuncanMontana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Moseley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  4. State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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