Case Name: Gilliard v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1915-11-19
Citations: 17 Ga. App. 364
Docket Number: 6396
Parties: Gilliard v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 364–364

Head Matter:
6396.
Gilliard v. The State.
Decided November 19, 1915.
Indictment for larceny from house; from Irwin superior court— Judge George. February 1, 1915.
Hendriclcs, Mills & Hendriclcs, for plaintiff in error.
Joseph B. Wall, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Russell, C. J.
The State, by proving the corpus delicti, the venue, and the recent possession of the stolen property, and its sale by the defendant, made a prima facie case. Whether the defendant's explanation of his possession of the property was consistent with his innocence and satisfactory to the jury was a matter exclusively for them. In such a case, in the absence of error upon' the trial, the Court of Appeals is without authority to interfere.
2. The motion for a new trial was based upon the usual general grounds, and was properly overruled. Judgment affirmed.