Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for larceny from tbe person. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton superior court. September term, 1898. Roberts was convicted of larceny of money from the person of John "Wade. The indictment charged that the crime was committed with one O’Shields who had been tried and finally convicted.
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Indictment for larceny from tbe person. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton superior court. September term, 1898. Roberts was convicted of larceny of money from the person of John "Wade. The indictment charged that the crime was committed with one O’Shields who had been tried and finally convicted. When the case was called for trial, defendant moved for a continuance on account of the absence of two witnesses, William B. ITall and Porter Stocks, who were in the State penitentiary from the same court. When defendant was put on notice that the case would be called for trial, he presented to…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. Roberts was indicted for the offence of robbery. When he was arraigned for trial he moved for a continuance on the ground of the absence of two witnesses, Hall and Stocks. The court refused to continue the case, and this is one of the grounds of his motion for a new trial. It is recited in this ground of the motion for a new trial, that when the defendant was put on notice that the case would be called for trial on a certain day, he presented a petition to the court asking that an order be granted allowing these witnesses to be brought into court to be sworn in his behalf.…
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