Chamlee v. State

Eugene Chamlee and William E. Smith were jointly indicted for the larceny of a Ford sedan automobile, the property of David L. Lord. Both defendants were tried together and found guilty of the offense charged, and the jury “fixed the penalty as five years.” Each defendant made a separate motion for a new trial, both motions were overruled, and each defendant assigned as error, in a separate bill of exceptions, the judgment denying him a new trial.

The evidence authorized the jury to find the following facts: David L. Lord parked his automobile in front of his residence in Atlanta, Fulton…