Legal Opinion

Hatfield v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 20, 1886PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Criminal Law. Indictment. Corporations. Before Judge Eain. Dade Superior Court. September Term,, 1885. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of burglary for breaking and entering the store-house of “The Walker Iron and Ooal Company,” with intent to commit a larceny, which intent was manifested by stealing therefrom divers articles of merchandise described in the indictment, and thereupon he moved to arrest the judgment, because the indictment failed to allege any person, natural or artificial, who owned the store-house broken and entered with intent to steal, or the goods stolen and carried away therefrom. The motion was overruled, and the judgment denying it is the error alleged. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Barbour v. Albany Lodge, No. 24Supreme Court of Georgia · 1884

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mattox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Murphy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  4. State v. GoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  5. Nickles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952

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