Holmes v. State

1. The defendant was indicted for the larceny of “one black barrow hog, with white feet and white spots in face, . . the property of D. E. Jones” (the prosecutor). The question raised is whether the evidence shows the hog stolen to be the hog described in the indictment. The testimony tended to show that the hog stolen had some small white spots on its body, in addition to the white spots on its face and white feet as alleged, and the general color of its body was black. This is sufficient. It was ruled in. Timmons v. State 14 Ga. App. 802 (82 S. E. 378); “While (as is frequently the case in…