Georgia Court of Appeals, 1913

Hunter v. State

Hunter v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided October 28, 1913 · Russell
13 Ga. App. 651; 79 S.E. 752; 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 292

Hunter v. State

Opinion of the Court

Russell, J.

This case is controlled by the rulings of this court in Paulk v. State, 5 Ga. App. 572 (63 S. E. 659), Moses v. State, 8 Ga. App. 446 (69 S. E. 575), and Smith v. State, 11 Ga. App. 385 (75 S. E. 447). From the state of the evidence in the record, it was the duty of the court (without a request) to instruct the jury that if the intention to steal was not formed until after the killing of the cow, the defendants would not be guilty of the offense of cattle-stealing, and could not be convicted under the indictment. It was error to charge the jury, in effect, that although the killing was accidental, if the defendants thereafter formed the intention of converting the carcass to their own use they would be guilty. Judgment reversed.

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