Wellman v. State

• Decision Date: 20 December 1897
• Citation: 103 Ga. 559,29 S.E. 761
• Parties: WELLMAN . v. STATE.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

29 S.E. 761

103 Ga. 559

WELLMAN .

v.STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Dec. 20, 1897.

Larceny—Sufficiency of Evidence.

This court having, at the last term, in this identical case (28 S. E. 605), and upon substantially the same state of facts as that presented in the present record, adjudicated that there was no "proof of the corpus delicti, and no evidence connecting the accused with the perpetration of the offense alleged to have been committed, " it follows as a necessary conclusion that the second verdict of guilty, which is now under review, was contrary to law and evidence, and ought to be set aside. (Syllabus by the Court.)

Error from superior court, Camden county; J. L. Sweat, Judge.

Charles Wellman was convicted of a crime, and brings error. Reversed.

Alex. A. Lawrence, for plaintiff in error.

John W. Bennett, Sol. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Judgment reversed.