Case Name: Butler v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1911-10-23
Citations: 9 Ga. App. 878
Docket Number: 3702
Parties: Butler v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 878–878

Head Matter:
3702.
Butler v. The State.
Decided October 23, 1911.
Accusation of sale of mortgaged property; from city court of Americus — Judge I-Iixon. August 5, 1911.
Hollis Fort, for plaintiff in error.
Zach Childers, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
The evidence relied upon to support the verdict consists only of incriminatory statements by the accused, and there is no evidence whatever, aliunde these statements, tending to prove the corpus delicti. The verdict is therefore contrary 'to' law. Judgment reversed.