Georgia Court of Appeals, 1913

Harper v. State

Harper v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided April 16, 1913 · Hill, Russell
12 Ga. App. 651; 77 S.E. 915; 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 685

Harper v. State

Opinion of the Court

Hill, C. J.

1. The objections made to excerpts from the charge of the court are wholly without merit.

2. The evidence relied upon for conviction was positive and direct, and there was no error in the failure of the trial judge to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence.

3. No error of law was committed, and the evidence fully supports the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

Russell, J., dissents.

Dissenting Opinion

Russell, J.,

dissenting. The guilt of the defendant being de. pendent upon circumstantial evidence (for the proof of the der fendant’s condition necessarily rested upon the conclusion from the independent facts used to suggest the inference that he was drunk), the court, in my opinion, erred in failing to charge upon circumstantial evidence in accordance with the ruling in Riley v. State, 1 Ga. App. 651 (57 S. E. 1031).

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