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Martin v. StateMartin v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 15, 1894
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*479 Judgment in both cases affirmed.

Error is assigned o-n the following charge: “If you believe from the testimony ‍​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‍in this case that the articles mentioned in this bill of indictment were stolen from a warehouse instead of a storehouse, and that goods, wares and other valuable merchandise were stored in ‍​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‍said warehouse by E. M. Bass & Co., and they delivered some goods to their customers from the same, and that the articles mentioned in this bill of indictment were stored in said warehouse ‍​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‍and from thence stolen, then I charge you that a warehouse is a storehouse within the meaning of the law, and the fact that the word storehouse is used in the bill ‍​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‍of indictment, and the evidence shows, if it ■does show, that the goods were stolen from this warehouse, would make no difference, and “the defendant should not be acquitted on that account.” Oscar ‍​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‍Reese, for plaintiff in error. T. A. Atkinson, solicitor-general, and R. D. Jackson, by H. M. Reid, contra.

Case Details

Case Name: Martin v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Oct 15, 1894
Citations: 95 Ga. 478; 20 S.E. 271
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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