Case Name: Wright v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1936-02-06
Citations: 52 Ga. App. 537
Docket Number: 25408
Parties: Wright v. The State.
Judges: M'aelntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 537–537

Head Matter:
25408.
Wright v. The State.
Decided February 6, 1936.
W. A. Dampier, for plaintiff in error.
Lester F. Watson, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The evidence connecting the defendant with the offense charged (possessing whisky) was wholly circumstantial. The ground of the motion for new trial assigning error on the failure of the court to instruct the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence is meritorious: and the refusal to grant a new trial was error.
Judgment reversed.
M'aelntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.