Georgia Court of Appeals, 1931

Wallace v. State

Wallace v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 15, 1931 · Bboyles
44 Ga. App. 382; 161 S.E. 657; 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 738

Wallace v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bboyles, O. J.

While the evidence connecting the defendants with the offenses charged (possessing and transporting whisky) was wholly circumstantial, it was sufficient to .authorize the jury to find that it excluded every reasonable hypothesis except that of their guilt. It fol*383lows that the verdict of “guilty” was not contrary to law or the evidence, and that the overruling of the motion for a new trial (based upon the usual general grounds only) was not error.

Decided December 15, 1931. Mozley & Gann, for plaintiffs in error. George D. Anderson, solicitor-general, contra.

Judgment affirmed.

LuJce, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.

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