Hargrove v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of larceny from the house. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. May 1, 1903. Hargrove was convicted of stealing an overcoat from the Lanier Hotel in Macon.
Read the full summary
Accusation of larceny from the house. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. May 1, 1903. Hargrove was convicted of stealing an overcoat from the Lanier Hotel in Macon. The evidence shows that two • overcoats were stolen therefrom during one evening; that Hargrove was there, in company with Johnson and Arnold, for about two hours on the same evening; that about midnight of the same date three overcoats were carried by these three men to the office of the Commercial Hotel in the same city, where they had a room, and shortly thereafter were called for by them and were delivered to them by…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
The plaintiff in error was tried upon an accusation in which he was charged with the offense of larceny from the house. He made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.
1. One of his complaints is that the court erroneously refused to allow him the opening and concluding argument, he having, as he claimed, offered in his defense no “testimony.” It appears from the record before us that he did introduce in evidence “ the accusation, plea, verdict, and sentence of the city court of Macon, showing the conviction ” of one T. F. Pearce, a witness for the State, on a charge of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fall v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
3Cited by7 opinions
- Yeomans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Park v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Crosby v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
- Howard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.