Case ID: ga_119/html/0132-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Lamar, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

WARDLOW v. THE STATE.
    There being no error of law assigned, and the evidence, while conflicting, being sufficient to sustain the verdict, this court will not interfere with the discretion of the trial judge in refusing a new trial.
    Submitted November 16,
    Decided December 9, 1903.
    Accusation of simple larceny. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. October 24, 1903.
    
      Wilfred O. Lane and John R. Cooper, for plaintiff in error.
    
      William Brunson, solicitor-general, contra.
   Lamar, J.

It appeared that a hotel guest employed one of the porters to purchase an article in the city; that on his return the porter handed the change to the owner, who placed it in his coat pocket, which was then hung upon the wall; that the owner’s wife immediately thereafter saw the porter put the purse upon the bureau and hurriedly leave the room; and later, when the purse was examined, the money was gone. The testimony for the defendant contradicted all of the material facts proved by the State, but the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction ; and the finding of guilty having been approved by the trial judge, this court 'will not interfere with his refusal to grant a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.