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Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922

Stafford v. State

Stafford v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 13, 1922 · Luke
29 Ga. App. 316; 115 S.E. 152; 1922 Ga. App. LEXIS 269

Stafford v. State

Opinion of the Court

Luke, J.

The evidence relied upon by the State to connect the defendants with the offense charged is wholly circumstantial and does not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the defendants.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur. O. Ñ. King, W. E. & W. G. Mann, for plaintiffs in error. J. M. Lang, solicitor-general, contra.

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