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Georgia Court of Appeals, 1927

Jacobs v. State

Jacobs v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided July 26, 1927 · Bloodworth
37 Ga. App. 159; 139 S.E. 160; 1927 Ga. App. LEXIS 543

Jacobs v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bloodworth, J.

The evidence in this case was entirely circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the court erred in overruling the motion for' a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur. ■ J. R. Hutcheson, for plaintiff in error, cited: Wilson T. State, 32 Ga. App. 427. S. W. Ragsdale, solicitor-general, contra.

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