Lewis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for larceny after trust; from Haralson superior court — Judge Price Edwards. December 30, 1914. The indictment was as follows: “Georgia, Haralson County.
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Indictment for larceny after trust; from Haralson superior court — Judge Price Edwards. December 30, 1914. The indictment was as follows: “Georgia, Haralson County. The grand jurors selected, chosen, and sworn for the County of Haralson, to wit: [naming them], in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, charge and accuse M. W. Hancock-Lewis of said State aforesaid with the offense of a misdemeanor, larceny after trust, for that the said M. W. Hancock-Lewis, in the county aforesaid, on the 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirteen, with force and arms and…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. The indictment was sufficiently full and specific. It was not necessary either to allege or to prove a demand, in order to sustain a conviction under section 192 of the Penal Code of 1910, as amended by the act of 1910 (Acts 1910, p. 160). Hagood v. State, 5 Ga. App. 80 (7), 91 (62 S. E. 641); Goodman v. State, 2 Ga. App. 438 (58 S. E. 558); Birt v. State, 1 Ga. App. 150 (57 S. E. 965); Keys v. State, 112 Ga. 392 (37 S. E. 762, 61 Am. St. R. 63).
(а) The jury were authorized to infer a fraudulent conversion, from proof of the failure and refusal of the defendant to return the money…
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