Hart v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date filed: 1895-11-15
Citations: 97 Ga. 365, 23 S.E. 831
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Lead Opinion
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.