Case ID: ga_105/html/0830-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Little, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Benjamin v. The State.
    Argued October 3,
    Decided October 12, 1898.
    Accusation of larceny. Before Judge Berry. Criminal court of Atlanta. June term, 1898.
    
      George P. Boberts, for plaintiff in error.
    
      'James F. O’Neill,- solicitor, contra.
   Little, J.

On the trial of an indictment for simple larceny, the value of the property alleged to have been stolen must be shown; and a conviction for this offense can not legally stand in the absence of such evidence. In the present case the record does not show the value of the property alleged to have been stolen, and the verdict of guilty must be set aside.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.