Mann v. State

The indictment in this case charges Tom Mann with the larceny of nineteen chicken hens, the property of Johnnie Bryant, from the chicken-house of said Bryant in Walker County, Georgia. The jury found the defendant guilty, and his exception here is to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. The controlling question is presented by special ground 5, and is whether or not the venue of the offense was proved. The only testimony upon the subject is that of Johnnie Bryant and J. E. Bryant. The former testified as follows: “I live on adjoining farms with J. E. Bryant, about a mile and a…