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Hampton v. State

131 S.E. 688, 34 Ga. App. 699, 1925 Ga. App. LEXIS 506
CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
DecidedDecember 16, 1925
Docket16885, 16886
StatusPublished
Cited by3 cases

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Hampton v. State, 131 S.E. 688, 34 Ga. App. 699, 1925 Ga. App. LEXIS 506 (Ga. Ct. App. 1925).

Opinion

Bloodworth, J.

In each of these cases the conviction was dependent upon circumstantial evidence. In neither of them was the evidence sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt j>i the accused. The refusal to grant a new trial was error.

Judgments reversed.

Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur. M. C. Few, for plaintiff in error. Joseph B. Dulce, solicitor-general, contra.

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