Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917

Mitchell v. State

Mitchell v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided October 30, 1917 · Broyles
21 Ga. App. 77; 93 S.E. 1022; 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 431

Mitchell v. State

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, P. J.

1. Where one with intent to steal takes actual possession of the property of another, and removes it to any distance whatever, he is guilty of larceny. Smith v. State, 15 Ga. App. 400, (83 S. E. 437).

2. The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to establish the guilt of the. defendant to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis.

3. The court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Bloodworth and Harwell, JJ., concur.

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