Case Name: Sewell vs. The State of Georgia
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1886-04-27
Citations: 76 Ga. 836
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sewell vs. The State of Georgia,
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 76
Pages: 836–837

Head Matter:
Sewell vs. The State of Georgia,
The evidence in this case was ample to sustain the conviction; and there was no error in the charge that if the prisoner fled, his flight was a circumstance that could be considered by the jury in de termining his guilt, unless it was shown to he from another cause than from a sense of guilt, or was otherwise explained. 20 Qa., 156, 166; 26 Id., 276, 281; 63 Id., 170.
Judgment affirmed.
(Head-note by the court.)
April 27, 1886.
See 54 Cal., 151; S. C.; 35 Am. R., 69.

Opinion:
Hall, Justice.
[Jackson Sewell was indicted for simple larceny in stealing a bale of cotton. The evidence showed that a bale of cotton was stolen from a gin-house where it was kept; that tracks of a wagon were followed from that point for some distance into another county, where the pursuers saw the wagon and mule in a lot. They learned at starting that the defendant had obtained a mule on the previous day. They went on to get a warrant and waited for the defendant to come by on his return. One of them proposed to arrest him. He j umped out of the wagon and ran away. The cotton was recovered from the place where it had been carried.
The jury found the defendant guilty. He moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, and because the court charged as stated in the head-note. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted.]