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51 Ga. 301

Hines v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1874

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1874-01-15

Criminal law. New trial. Before Judge Strozbr. Dougherty Superior Court. April Term, 1873. Peter Hines was placed on trial for the offense of larceny from the person, alleged to have been committed on March 26th, 1870. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The evidence for the state presented the following state of facts: About the time charged in the indictment one Ben Randall attended an auction at Cooper’s store, in the town of Albany.

Decided 1874-01-15

Warner, Chief Justice.

¶1The 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.

¶2Let the judgment of the court below be reversed.

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