New v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
New v. State, 124 Ga. 143 (Ga. 1905)
52 S.E. 160; 1905 Ga. LEXIS 674
Pish

New v. State

Opinion of the Court

Pish, C. J.

The evidence against the accused was entirely circumstantial, and at most authorized a mere suspicion of his guilt; whereas to warrant a conviction the evidence should have been sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt. The court, therefore, erred in refusing a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.

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