Moye v. State

Crawford, Justice.

The defendant in the court below was indicted for the offense of “larceny from the person,” and upon being convicted moved a new trial, because the testimony did not show that the offense was committed in the county of Sumter; and further, because the proof showed that if defendant were guilty of any offense it was not larceny from the person.

1. An examination of the testimony sent up with the record shows that the only proof touching the venue was, that the crime was committed in the lumber-yard of a Mr. Sloan, in the city of Americus; but it is nowhere shown that it was…