Case ID: ga-app_27/html/0191-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Broyles, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

12389.
    Howard v. The State.
    Decided June 14, 1921.
    Indictment for receiving stolen goods; from Chatham superior court. — Judge Meldrim. March 21, 1921.
    
      John E. Schwarz, C. E. Donnelly, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Walter C. Hartridge, solicitor-general, contra.
   Broyles, C. J.

1. The conviction of the accused not depending entirely upon circumstantial evidence, the failure of the court to instruct the jury upon the law of circumstantial evidence, in the absence of a request therefor, was not error.

2. The other grounds of the amendment to the motion for a new trial are without substantial merit; the charge of the court fully and fairly presented the law of the case and the contentions of the defendant; the verdict was amply authorized, if not demanded, by the evidence; and for no reason assigned was the overruling of the motion for a new trial error.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., coneur.