Fletcher v. State

F. L. Fletcher was convicted of the larceny of “one Ford automobile of the value of $400 and the property of Lynn McKenzie.” He excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. Special ground 1 of the motion complains that the court erred in charging the jury upon the law of confessions, for the reason that the evidence did not warrant the charge.

*406It appears from the brief of evidence that the automobile described in the indictment was parked by Lynn McKenzie near the Henry Grady Hotel, in Atlanta, Ga, and that when he returned a short time thereafter to get the car it was gone;…