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Supreme Court of Georgia, 1903

Gaither v. State

Gaither v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided December 8, 1903 · Turner
119 Ga. 118; 45 S.E. 973; 1903 Ga. LEXIS 54

Gaither v. State

Opinion of the Court

Turner, J.

Where the evidence fails to prove the corpus delicti, and where the circumstantial evidence fails to connect the defendant with the alleged crime, a motion for a new trial hy the defendant convicted under such deficient evidence should he granted.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. ü. H. Lewis, for plaintiff in error. David W. Meadow, solicitor-general, contra.

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