Slaughter v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for larceny; from Terrell superior court—Judge Worrill. August 18, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
We find no merit in any of the grounds of the amendment to the motion for new trial.
In Hampton v. State, 6 Ga. App. 778 (65 S. E. 816), it was held: “The defendant’s guilt of the crime of burglary being wholly dependent upon the inference arising from the possession of stolen goods after the burglary, and this possession being shown by uncontradicted and unimpeaehed testimony to be consistent with defendant’s innocence of burglary, though he may have been guilty *429of receiving stolen goods, the verdict was contrary to the evidence, and a new trial should have been granted.” This ruling was…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gibbs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
- Hampton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
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