Case Name: SUMMERVILLE v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1941-10-01
Citations: 65 Ga. App. 886
Docket Number: 29255
Parties: SUMMERVILLE v. THE STATE.
Judges: MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 886–887

Head Matter:
29255.
SUMMERVILLE v. THE STATE.
Decided October 1, 1941.
Emmett Smith, for plaintiff in error.
Earl Staples, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The accused was convicted of selling beer on a Sunday. The evidence tending to connect him with the offense was wholly circumstantial, and was insufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt. Furthermore, the testimony of the only witness for the State was so evasive and self-contradictory, and portions of it so improbable, as to create a reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of it. The court erred in overruling the motion for new trial which contained only the general grounds.
Judgment reversed.
MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.