Reid v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment, for simple Larceny, in Talbot Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrill, at March Term, 1857. Jeptha Reid and George Murphy were indicted for stealing a buggy, the property of John Howell, and found guilty. They moved for a new trial on the following grounds, viz: 1st. Because the finding of the jury was contrary to law and evidence. 2d. Because there was no allegation of the value of the buggy, charged to have been stolen. 3d.
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Indictment, for simple Larceny, in Talbot Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrill, at March Term, 1857. Jeptha Reid and George Murphy were indicted for stealing a buggy, the property of John Howell, and found guilty. They moved for a new trial on the following grounds, viz: 1st. Because the finding of the jury was contrary to law and evidence. 2d. Because there was no allegation of the value of the buggy, charged to have been stolen. 3d. Because the prejudice in the county, at the time of the trial, was so great that a fair and impartial trial could not be had. 4th. Because the Judge,…
1Opinion of the Court
*192By the Court. —
Bunning, J.
delivering the opinion.
Ought the Court below to have sustained the motion for a new trial ?
The counsel for the plaintiffs in error, relied before this Court, on only two of the grounds contained in the motion, the last two. We think, with them, that there is nothing in the other .grounds.
Of those two, the last will be first considered.
It appears, that the testimony of the witness referred to in this ground, as “another witness,” went to prove an alibi; and that the State introduced two witnesses who swore, that they would not believe him on his oath.
This being so,…
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