Case Name: Daniels et al. v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1909-01-27
Citations: 5 Ga. App. 472
Docket Number: 1537
Parties: Daniels et al. v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 472–472

Head Matter:
1537.
Daniels et al. v. The State.
Accusation of larceny from house, from city court of Springfield — Judge Smith. October 20, 1908.
Submitted January 14,
Decided January 27, 1909.
Strange .& Cobb, for plaintiff in error.
R. W. Sheppard, solicitor, D. H. Ciarle, contra.

Opinion:
Powell, J.
1. This court has jurisdiction of a writ of error from the city court of Spring-field. While in the act creating that court Springfield is referred to as a town, yet by the act of 1907 (Georgia Laws 1907, p. 923) this municipality was expressly declared by the legislature to be a city.
2. The evidence clearly shows that a larceny was committed, and raises a strong suspicion that the defendants, or some of them, were involved in the commission of the larceny; yet the circumstances adduced were not sufficient legally to connect any particular defendant with the crime. The conviction must therefore be set aside. Judgment reversed.