Case Name: Cowart v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-07-12
Citations: 120 Ga. 510
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cowart v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 510–510

Head Matter:
Cowart v. The State.
Argued June 21,
Decided July 12, 1904.
Indictment for adultery. Before Judge Daley. ■ Tattnall superior court. May 18, 1904.
Twiggs & Oliver and Walter F. Grey, for plaintiff in error.
B.. T. Rawlings, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Evans, J.
A charge to the effect that the testimony of a witness testifying positively is entitled to more weight than that of one who testifies negatively is cause for a new trial, where one of the parties relies almost entirely on negative evidence, unless the court further charges that, in weighing the testimony of such witnesses, the jury should consider and pass upon the question of their credibility. Southern Ry. Co. v. O'Bryan, 115 Ga. 659, 660, citing approvingly Humphries v. State, 100 Ga. 260, and Atlanta Railway Co. v. Bigham, 105 Ga. 498. The present case is controlled by these decisions Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.