Sirmans v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for burglary; from Lowndes superior court — Judge Thomas. October 22, 1921. As to the testimony referred to in the 4th headnote it was objected that “if the witness was charged with a violation of the penal statute, there is higher and better evidence, to wit: the accusation and the bill of indictment, and the charges that have been entered on the- books of the courtand that if the witness served a term on the chain-gang, there is better evidence of that fact.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The indictment in this case charged “ the offense of burglary, for that the . . defendant did, . . unlawfully and with force and arms, the storehouse of J. G. Barnes, to wit, an office in the Dalton building in the City of Valdosta, said county, in which office valuable goods were kept and stored, there situate, break and enter with intent to commit a larceny, and, having so broken and entered, one fur, known as a taupe cross fox neck piece, of the personal goods of J. G. Barnes, and the value of $67.50, in said house then and there being found, did wrongfully, fraudulently, and privately…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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