Case Name: Vincent v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-03-13
Citations: 146 Ga. 619
Docket Number: 
Parties: Vincent v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Fish, G. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
Vincent v. The State.
March 13, 1917.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Brand. Oconee superior court. September 9, 1916.
W olver M. Smith, Thomas & Thomas, and B. B. Burger, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Walker, attorney-general, John B. Cambie, solicitor-general, and Mark Bolding, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, J.
1. Where the State offers direct and circumstantial evidence that the defendant committed the crime, and where one of the contentions of the defendant is that another person committed the crime, and he offers circumstantial evidence tending to support such contention, it is not error to omit to charge on the rule respecting circumstantial evidence.
2. The evidence supports the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Fish, G. J., absent.