Case ID: ga_110/html/0288-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Lewis, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Coggins v. The State.
    Submitted December 4, 1899.
    Decided January 24, 1900.
   Lewis, J.

The evidence, though entirely circumstantial, was sufficient to show the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt, and to the exclusion of every other rational hypothesis except that of guilt.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Bussell. Gwinnett superior court, October term, 1899.

R. W. Peeples, for plaintiff in error.

C. H. Brand, solicitor-general, contra.