Skipper v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Witness. Impeachment. Accessory. New trial Before Judge Ejcddoo. Randolph Superior Court. May Term, 1877. Reported in ¡the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
The larceny was of three cows. The corpus delicti was clearly proved. One cow had' been recovered. The hides of the other two had been found and identified. All three of the animals had been driven into Alabama and sold. The prisoner’s brother had sold them. Tie was jointly indicted with the prisoner for the larceny, and, at the time of the prisoner’s trial, had been convicted. ITe was a witness for the state on the prisoner’s trial, and if his testimony was true, the prisoner was undoubtedly guilty as charged. There was some appearance of self-contradiction in a part of his’…
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