Case Name: Young v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-04-14
Citations: 151 Ga. 401
Docket Number: No. 2144
Parties: Young v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 401–401

Head Matter:
Young v. The State.
No. 2144.
April 14, 1921.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Lovett. Effingham superior court. June 5, 1920.
J. Eartridge Smith, for plaintiff in error.
B. A. Denny, attorney-general, J. Saxton Daniel, solicitor-general, and Graham Wright, contra.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. A conspiracy may be shown by circumstantial evidence. Owens v. State, 120 Ga. 296 (48 S. E. 21) ; Weaver v. State, 135 Ga. 317 (69 S. E. 488); Turner v. State, 138 Ga. 808 (76 S. E. 349); Coleman v. State, 141 Ga. 731 (82 S. E. 228). There was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding that there was a conspiracy between the defendant on trial and another person jointly indicted with him, to take the life of the person alleged to have been slain; and that in furtherance of the conspiracy such person was slain by the defendant 's eo-eonspirator.
2. No complaint is made of any error committed at the trial. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict finding the defendant guilty of murder; and there was no error in overruling the motion for new trial.
Judgment ajirmed.
All the Justices concur.