Case Name: GODBEE v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1938-09-24
Citations: 58 Ga. App. 412
Docket Number: 27037
Parties: GODBEE v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 412–412

Head Matter:
27037.
GODBEE v. THE STATE.
Decided September 24, 1938.
T. J. Evans, for plaintiff in error.
W. G. Neville, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Guerry, J.
The defendant was found guilty of the theft of a certain cow belonging to Bohannon, the prosecutor. From the evidence produced the. jury, were authorized to find, if they saw fit, that the defendant was in the recent possession of the cow after it was stolen (having been found in the possession of the hide), and that he made contradictory explanations of his possession. These findings were sufficient to support his conviction of the larceny. Tucker v. State, 57 Ga. 503; Duckett v. State, 65 Ga. 369; Ford v. State, 92 Ga. 459 (17 S. E. 667). The judge committed no error in overruling the motion for new trial based on the general grounds alone.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, C. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.