Dowdell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Dowdell v. State

92 S.E. 287, 19 Ga. App. 752, 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 350

Court of Appeals of Georgia·Decided April 24, 1917·No. 8328·Published

Opinion

Luke, J.

The conviction being dependent on circumstantial evidence, and the evidence not being sufficient to identify the corn found in the defendant’s possession as the corn alleged to have been stolen, and to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of his guilt, the verdict was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Wade, G. J., and George, J., concur.

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Luke, J.

The conviction being dependent on circumstantial evidence, and the evidence not being sufficient to identify the corn found in the defendant’s possession as the corn alleged to have been stolen, and to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of his guilt, the verdict was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Wade, G. J., and George, J., concur.

Dowdell v. State, 92 S.E. 287, 19 Ga. App. 752, 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 350 (Ga. Ct. App. 1917).

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