Case Name: Smith v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-11-15
Citations: 146 Ga. 76
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Atkinson and Gilbert, JJ., dissenting.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 76–76

Head Matter:
Smith v. The State.
November 15, 1916.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Charlton. Chatham superior court. February 2, 1916.
J. J. Bouhan and P. W. Meldrim, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Wallcer, attorney-general, Walter C. Dartridge, solicitor-general, and Mark Bolding, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
1. There was no error in causing two jurors to be set aside for cause, who, upon their voir dire, stated that they were opposed to capital punishment in cases dependent upon circumstantial evidence.
2. This case depends entirely upon circumstantial evidence, but the proved facts were not only consistent with guilt, but Were sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis. The trial court approved the verdict, and no errors of law were committed. Atkinson and Gilbert, JJ., dissent as to the sufficiency of the evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Atkinson and Gilbert, JJ., dissenting.