Supreme Court of Georgia, 1874

Hines v. State

Hines v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 15, 1874 · Warner
51 Ga. 301

Hines v. State

Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted for the offense of “larceny from the person,” and charged with taking from one Randall $-48 10, with intent to steal the same. On the trial, the jury found the defendant guilty. A. motion was made for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, contrary to the evidence, and without evidence; which motion was overruled, apd the defendant excepted. In looking through the evidence on the part of the state, it is not sufficient, in our judgment, to authorize a conviction of the defendant, under the law, for the offense alleged in the indictment, and it was error in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Let the judgment of the court below be reversed.

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