Case Name: Hampton v. The State (two cases)
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1925-12-16
Citations: 34 Ga. App. 699
Docket Number: 16885, 16886
Parties: Hampton v. The State (two cases).
Judges: Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
16885, 16886.
Hampton v. The State (two cases).
Decided December 16, 1925.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
In each of these cases the conviction was dependent upon circumstantial evidence. In neither of them was the evidence sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt j>i the accused. The refusal to grant a new trial was error.
Judgments reversed.
Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur.
M. C. Few, for plaintiff in error.
Joseph B. Dulce, solicitor-general, contra.