Daniels v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Burglary. Evidence. Confessions. Words and Phrases. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1885. George Daniels was indicted for burglary. It was charged that he had broken and entered the building of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, where valuable goods were stored, with intent to steal, and after so breaking and entering, did steal and carry away $2.60 worth of U. S. postage stamps.
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Criminal Law. Burglary. Evidence. Confessions. Words and Phrases. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1885. George Daniels was indicted for burglary. It was charged that he had broken and entered the building of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, where valuable goods were stored, with intent to steal, and after so breaking and entering, did steal and carry away $2.60 worth of U. S. postage stamps. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and further, that if he was guilty of said offence, he had been convicted thereof in the city court of the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. The indictment charges the defendant with breaking and entering the depot building of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, where valuable goods were contained, with intent to steal, etc. The proof showed that the outer door was left open, but that after getting into the building, which had numerous apartments, the doors to each of these, in which the postage stamps belonging to the company were deposited, were broken and entered and they were stolen and carried away by the defendant. It is now insisted that neither the charge in the indictment nor the facts in proof…
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