Case Name: Smith v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1912-07-23
Citations: 11 Ga. App. 385
Docket Number: 4250
Parties: Smith v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 385–385

Head Matter:
4250.
Smith v. The State.
Decided July 23, 1912.
Indictment for larceny; from Laurens superior' court — Judge Hawkins. April 21, 1912.
B. Earl Camp, for plaintiff in error
E. D. Graham, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Pottle, J.
The accused was tried for hog stealing. The evidence strongly tended to show that he acquired and held possession of the hog under an honest claim of right. Under no view of the evidence was a conviction of the statutory offense of hog stealing authorized, even if the accused could properly have been found guilty of taking and carrying away the carcass of a hog belonging to the prosecutor, with intent to steal the same. The ease is similar upon its facts to that of Moses v. State, 8 Ga. App, 446 (69 S. E. 575), and is in principle controlled by that decision. Judgment reversed.