Shi v. State

Georgia Court of Appeals
Shi v. State, 52 Ga. App. 358 (1936)
183 S.E. 331; 1936 Ga. App. LEXIS 628
Broyles

Shi v. State

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. It is well settled by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court that the venue of a criminal case may be established by circumstantial evidence. In this case the evidence, direct and, circumstantial, authorized a finding that the offense charged was committed in Pulton County, Georgia.

2. Since in misdemeanors all persons who aid and abet, another in the commission of the offense are guilty as principals, the circumstantial evidence in the instant case was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the defendant’s guilt, under both counts of the indictment. See Thweatt v. State, 48 Ga. App. 389 (172 S. E. 810); Outcliff v. State, 51 Ga. App. 40 (179 S. E. 568); Hughes v. State, 52 Ga. App. 199 (182 S. E. 807).

3. The judge did not err in overruling the certiorari.

Judgment affirmed.

MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Shi, alias Shehaney v. State
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published