Case Name: Orr v. The State; Solomon v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-02-03
Citations: 114 Ga. 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: Orr v. The State. Solomon v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 114
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
Orr v. The State. Solomon v. The State.
Argued January 21,
Decided February 3, 1902.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Twiggs superior court. November 23, 1901.
M. F. Hatcher, W. C. Nottingham, and W. F..Blue, for plaintiffs in error.
J. M. Terrell, attorney-general, J. F. DeLacy, solicitor-general, Minter Wimberly, J. B. Cooper, and Spencer B. Atkinson, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
The accused having been convicted of the offense of murder upon evidence which was purely circumstantial in its nature, and the circumstances proved not being sufficient to establish their guilt beyond all reasonable doubt, the court erred in not granting each of them a new trial, upon the ground that the verdicts against them were contrary to the evidence and entirely without evidence to support them.
Judgment in each case reversed.
All the Justices concurring.