Cunnegin v. State

Jun 1, 1903
Reporters:
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Before:
Candler
Candler, J.

1. The legal question involved iu this case is settled by the ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍decisions of this court in Finkelstein v. State, 105 Ga. 617, and Hecox v. State, 105 Ga. 625.

2. There was, in the present case, some evidence to support a finding that the accused fraudulently induced the prosecutor to ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍deliver to him possession of the property stolen, with intent to steal it, and that the element of trust of the character which enters into all ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍cases of larceny after trust was absent. That theory, as well as the contention that the accused was voluntarily entrusted with the possession of the goods, ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍was fairly submitted to the jury under appropriate instructions from the trial judge. The conviction of simple larceny was fully warranted, and this court will not ‍​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‍reverse the judgment of the superior court overruling the certiorari.

Judgment affirmed.

By Jive Justices•