Case Name: BRADLEY v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1925-11-11
Citations: 34 Ga. App. 601
Docket Number: 16768
Parties: BRADLEY v. THE STATE.
Judges: Bloockoorth, J., coneurs. Broyles, O. J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
16768.
BRADLEY v. THE STATE.
Decided November 11, 1925.
E. J. Giles, C. L. Cowart, P. M. Anderson, for plaintiff in error.
J. Saxton Daniel, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
The defendant was convicted of arson. His conviction was dependent wholly and entirely upon circumstantial evidence. The evidence was not sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused. For this reason the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Bloockoorth, J., coneurs. Broyles, O. J., dissents.
Broyles, C. J.
I think that the evidence, while circumstantial, was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the defendant's guilt.