Case Name: ADAMS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-03-02
Citations: 25 Ga. App. 12
Docket Number: 11193
Parties: ADAMS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 12–12

Head Matter:
11193.
ADAMS v. THE STATE.
Decided March 2, 1920.
Failure to charge the jury that the burden of proof was on the State, to satisfy their minds, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the defendant as charged, was ground for a new trial.
Accusation of abandonment of child; from city court of Nashville'— Judge Smith. December 12, 1919.
Story & Story, for plaintiff in error.
J. H. Gary, solicitor, W. D. Buie, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
The defendant in this case was charged with the offense of abandoning his minor child. The court in charging the jury failed to charge that the burden of proof was upon the State to satisfy their minds, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the defendant as charged. We must agree with the exception of the defendant to the court's failure to. charge upon the question of reasonable doubt. It was error to overrule the motion for a new trial in this case.
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.