Chambers v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Corpus delicti. Venue. Evidence. Vendor and purchaser. Title. Notice. Record. Bona fides. Charge of court. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richrfiond county. May term, 1889. Chambers was tried on an accusation of selling personal property held under conditional sale with title retained and purchase money not paid, and was convicted.
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Criminal law. Corpus delicti. Venue. Evidence. Vendor and purchaser. Title. Notice. Record. Bona fides. Charge of court. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richrfiond county. May term, 1889. Chambers was tried on an accusation of selling personal property held under conditional sale with title retained and purchase money not paid, and was convicted. He excepted to the denial of a new trial, his motion therefor consisting of the following grounds : (1-2) Verdict contrary to law and evidence. The evidence showed the following: He signed an order to the National Cash Register Co., dated December…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. We can know the evidence only by the brief of the same sent up in the record. That utterly fails to show that the alleged sale was made before the affidavit on which the accusation is founded was sworn to. The affidavit bears date April 15th, and the trial took place at the May term thereafter. The only evidence of any sale at all is by the witness Goodwin, who testified to an admission made by the accused, but when the admission was made does not appear. It may have been made after or before the making of the affidavit upon which the proceeding is based. All that…
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