Case Name: Woods v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-06-14
Citations: 27 Ga. App. 182
Docket Number: 12369
Parties: Woods v. The State.
Judges: Lulce and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 182–182

Head Matter:
12369.
Woods v. The State.
Decided June 14, 1921.
Accusation of larceny; from city court of Tifton — Judge Price. March 11, 1921.
The accused was charged with stealing a saw and tw'O axes. There was testimony by Rowland, that he hired accused as a tie-chopper; that he furnished the three tools just mentioned, and lent them to accused, and did not charge them to him; that after working two or three weeks the accused left and went to work for another person, owing Rowland $80 when he quit, which amount Rowland had not been able to collect; and that Rowland had not since seen the tools. For the accused there was testimony to the effect that when he went to work for Rowland he already had a broad ax and a club ax, and borrowed of Williams (a witness) a crosscut saw, which he left in the house of another witness, where it remained; and that he bought a club ax and had it charged to himself. In his statement he denied that Rowland lent him any tools; etc.
Murrow & Bennet, for plaintiff in error.
R. E. Dinsmore, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
In this case the conviction of the defendant was not authorized by the evidence, and it was error for the court to overrule the motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Lulce and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.