Cobb v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Criminal Law. Before Judge Willis. Chattahoochee Superior Court. September Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the evidence on behalf of the state, connecting the defendant with the offense charged, and showing knowledge on his part, was, in briéf, as follows: Certain coi ton was stolen from the gin-house of one McKinsey and from one Shipp. The theft occurred at night.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Criminal Law. Before Judge Willis. Chattahoochee Superior Court. September Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the evidence on behalf of the state, connecting the defendant with the offense charged, and showing knowledge on his part, was, in briéf, as follows: Certain coi ton was stolen from the gin-house of one McKinsey and from one Shipp. The theft occurred at night. The next morning, tracks were found and followed from the gin-house of McKinsey to the gin-house of one Lightner, the keys of which were kept by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
Eichard Cobb and Lang Willis were indicted and convicted of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, and Eichard, being dissatisfied, excepted.
■ The error assigned is this charge of the court: “ Hoes the testimony show that the goods were stolen, as alleged in the bill of indictment? If so, did these parties receive these goods ? If they did not receive them, then you cannot find them guilty, notwithstanding they may have been stolen; but if they did—if they were stolen,-and they did receive them, then did they know they were stolen goods at the time they…
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