Case Name: Jerks v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-04-12
Citations: 36 Ga. App. 638
Docket Number: 17867
Parties: Jerks v. The State.
Judges: Broyles, O. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
17867.
Jerks v. The State.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
On circumstantial evidence the defendant was convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor. Under the facts of the case it could be reasonably concluded that the small quantity of whisky found, in the absence of tlie accused, in an outliouse on his premises, belonged to some one other than himself; and, since the evidence does not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. See Humphrey v. State, 25 Ga. App. 244 (102 S. E. 911); Turner v. State, 25 Ga. App. 234 (102 S. E. 847).
Decided April 12, 1927.
D. R. Pearce, for plaintiff in error.
M. H. Boyer, solicitor-general, contra.
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, O. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.