Gaither v. State

45 S.E. 973, 119 Ga. 118, 1903 Ga. LEXIS 54
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedDecember 8, 1903
StatusPublished
Cited by4 cases

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Gaither v. State, 45 S.E. 973, 119 Ga. 118, 1903 Ga. LEXIS 54 (Ga. 1903).

Opinion

Turner, J.

Where the evidence fails to prove the corpus delicti, and where the circumstantial evidence fails to connect the defendant with the alleged crime, a motion for a new trial hy the defendant convicted under such deficient evidence should he granted.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. ü. H. Lewis, for plaintiff in error. David W. Meadow, solicitor-general, contra.

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