Case Name: JOHNS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-05-11
Citations: 28 Ga. App. 574
Docket Number: 13263
Parties: JOHNS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
13263.
JOHNS v. THE STATE.
The conviction of larceny in this case (a close and doubtful one) being dependent wholly on circumstantial evidence by proof of recent possession of gouds alleged to have been stolen, failure to charge sufficiently the law as to the effect of such proof was error requiring a new trial.
Decided May 11, 1922.
Indictment for larceny from house; from Charlton superior court — Judge Summerall. December 31, 1921.
John J. Moore, for plaintiff in error.
A. B. Spence, solicitor-general, A. S. McQueen, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
The defendant was convicted of the offense of larceny from the house. His conviction was dependent wholly on circumstantial evidence by proof of recent possession of some of the goods alleged to have been stolen. Error is assigned upon the court's failure to charge sufficiently the law with respect to the recent possession of stolen property. We think this criticism meritorious, and, this being one of the main issues in the case (which was a close and doubtful one), it was error for the court to overrule the motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.