Hawkins v. State

• Decision Date: 08 October 1894
• Citation: Hawkins v. State, 95 Ga. 458, 20 S. E. 217 (Ga. 1894)
• Parties: HAWKINS v. STATE.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

20 S.E. 217

95 Ga. 458

HAWKINS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia

October 8, 1894

Syllabus by the Court.

A conviction for the offense of larceny from the house cannot be sustained without proof of the ownership of the property alleged to have been stolen, and that the same was of some value. In the present case there was no legal proof of ownership, the only evidence on this point being hearsay, which was illegally admitted, and there was no proof at all as to value.

Error from superior court, Fulton county; R. H. Clark, Judge.

Robert Hawkins was convicted of larceny from a house, and brings error. Reversed.

J. E. Robinson, for plaintiff in error.

C. D. Hill, Sol. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM.

Judgment reversed.