Case ID: ga-app_39/html/0570-01.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

19548.
    Harris v. The State.
    Decided April 9, 1929.
    
      F. W. Gilbert, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Charles H. Calhoun, solicitor, contra.
   Broyles, C. J.

The accused, was convicted of selling whisky. The evidence showed a confession by the defendant that she had sold whisky, but the confession was not corroborated by any other evidence. “A confession alone, uncorroborated by other evidence, will not justify a conviction.” Penal Code (1910), § 1031. It follows that the verdict was unauthorized by the evidence, and that the refusal to grant a new trial was error. Judgment reversed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.