Case Name: LANIER v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-07-14
Citations: 25 Ga. App. 489
Docket Number: 11591
Parties: LANIER v. THE STATE.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 489–489

Head Matter:
11591.
LANIER v. THE STATE.
Decided July 14, 1920.
1. Where refusal to continue a case is complained of in a ground of a motion for a new trial, the showing made in support of the motion for a continuance should be set out in the ground or in an exhibit attached to it.
2. The rule as to simple larceny, that the thief may be indicted in any county into which he has carried the stolen goods (Penal Code of 1910, § 152), includes larceny of an automobile, although, under the act of 1916 (Ga. L. 1916, p. 154; Park’s Code Supp. 1917, Penal Div. § 187-1/2), larceny of an automobile is a felony.
Indictment for larceny of automobile; from Franklin superior court—Judge Hodges. April 19, 1920.
Alexander S. Johnson, for plaintiff in error.
A. S. Shelton, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court, a special ground of a motion for a new trial must be complete and understandable within itself. In the instant case a special ground of the motion for a new trial is based upon the refusal of the court to grant a continuance on account of the absence of alleged material witnesses for -the defendant. The ground, however, fails to set out the showing made by the defendant in support of the motion, and it is not attached thereto as an exhibit. The ground, therefore, can not be considered.
Simple larceny is the wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away, by any person, of the personal goods of another, with intent to steal the same. The thief may be indicted in any county into which he may carry the goods. Penal Code (1910), § 152.
(a) While, under the act of 1916 (Ga. L. 1916, p. 154; Park's Penal Code Supp. (1917) § 183%), the stealing of an automobile is a felony, it remains (like cattle or hog-stealing, which also are felonies) simple larceny.
(b) Under the above ruling and the facts of the case, the defendant, was subject to indictment in the county of Franklin.
The evidence authorized the verdict, and the .court did not err in refusing to grant a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.