Supreme Court of Georgia, 1895

Hart v. State

Hart v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 15, 1895 · Atkinson
97 Ga. 365; 23 S.E. 831

Hart v. State

Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

The evidence against the accused being entirely circumstantial, the court erred in stating in the hearing of the jury that the law of circumstantial evidence was not in the case, and in failing to instruct them concerning the legal rules applicable to evidence of this character. Judgment reversed.

James Whitehead, for plaintiff in error. W. M. Howard, solicitor-general, by Harrison & Peeples, contra.

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