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28 Ga. App. 574

Johns v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1922

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1922-05-11

<p>The conviction of larceny in this case (a close and doubtful one) being dependent wholly on circumstantial evidence by proof of recent possession of gouds alleged to have been stolen, failure to charge sufficiently the law as to the effect of such proof was error requiring a new trial.</p>

Decided 1922-05-11

Luke, J.

¶1The defendant was convicted of the offense of larceny from the house. His conviction was dependent wholly on circumstantial evidence by proof of recent possession of some of the goods alleged to have been stolen. Error is assigned upon the court’s failure to charge sufficiently the law with respect to the recent possession of stolen property. We think this criticism meritorious, and, this being one of the main issues in the case (which was a close and doubtful one), it was error for the court to overrule the motion for a new trial.

¶2 Judgment reversed.

Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
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