Case Name: Shigg v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-03-31
Citations: 115 Ga. 212
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shigg v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Little and Lewis, JJ., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 212–212

Head Matter:
Shigg v. The State.
Submitted March 17,
Decided March 31, 1902.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge' Falligant. Motion for new, trial. Before Judge Barrow. Chatham superior court, January 28, 1902.
Baiford Falligant and W. F. Slater, for plaintiff in error.
Boykin Wright, attorney-general, and W. W. Osborne, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
The evidence being entirely circumstantial and not being sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis other than that of the guilt of the accused, the verdict of guilty was contrary to law.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring, except Little and Lewis, JJ., absent.