Case Name: Taylor v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-08-17
Citations: 154 Ga. 68
Docket Number: No. 3233
Parties: Taylor v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 68–68

Head Matter:
Taylor v. The State.
No. 3233.
August 17, 1922.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Summerall. Coffee superior court. May 6, 1922.
Casey Thigpen, Levi 0’Steen, Early W. Butler, and Clyde A. Allen, for plaintiff in error.
George M. Napier, attorney-general, A. B. Spence, solicitor-general, Seward M. Smith, assistant attorney-general, and McDonald & Willingham, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, J.
Where, on the trial of one charged with murder, the evidence tended to show that the homicide occurred " near West Green " and where it does not appear that West Green is an incorporated town; and where it further appears that the town of West Green is near the county line of the county wherein the homicide is alleged to have been committed, the venue is not sufficiently proved to give the- court of the county in which the ease is tried jurisdiction of such case. Gosha v. State, 56 Ga. 36; Moye v. State, 65 Ga. 754.
(а) The question of the venue not having been proved was expressly raised in the motion for new trial.
(б) As a new trial is granted on the ground that the venue was not proved, no opinion is expressed on the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize the verdict.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., absent.