Georgia Court of Appeals, 1928

Wages v. State

Wages v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided November 14, 1928 · Bloodworth
38 Ga. App. 751; 145 S.E. 768; 1928 Ga. App. LEXIS 432

Wages v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bloodworth, J.

The defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence of possessing intoxicating liquor. The evidence 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, 0. J., and Buhe, J., concur. Wolver M. Smith, James W. Arnold, for plaintiff in error. Pemberton Cooley, solicitor-general, contra.

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