McKuhen v. State

Gardner, Presiding Judge.

Special ground 1 assigns error because it is alleged that the court erred in failing to charge that intent to steal is an essential element of the crime of larceny from the house. In Sledge v. State, 99 Ga. 684 (2) (26 S. E. 756), this court said: “An intent to steal is a sub stantive element in the commission of the offense of robbery, and a failure of the trial judge to so instruct a jury trying such a case is cause for a new trial.” See also Glaze v. State, 2 Ga. App. 704, 708 (58 S. E. 1126). There are. many other cases to the same effect. See Shepard’s Georgia…