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Harvey v. StateHarvey v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 26, 1905
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Evans
Evans, J.

1. An indictment for simple larceny, which charges the ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍accused with stealing “one black and white male hog,‘of the personal goods” of a named person, sets forth ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍a legally sufficient description of the stolen property. Brown v. State, 44 Ga. 300 ; Rivers v. State, 57 Ga. 28.

2. “ The failure to charge a proposition of law applicable ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍to the case can not be taken advantage of by assigning error upon a charge which is abstractly correct.” Roberts v. State, 114 Ga. 450.

3. ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍The evidence authorized the conviction of the accused, and the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in ‍‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍declining to grant a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Harvey v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 26, 1905
Citations: 121 Ga. 590; 49 S.E. 674; 1905 Ga. LEXIS 13
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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