Jackson v. State

The plaintiff in error was tried, on an accusation in the city court of Sandersville, for the offense of larceny from the person. The accusation charges that he wrongfully and fraudulently took a certain pistol from the person of the prosecutor, Copeland, privately and without his knowledge, with intent to steal the same. He was convicted, and made a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, and without law or evidence to support it. The motion being overruled, he excepted. The contention of counsel for the plaintiff in error is that the…