Case Name: New v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1905-11-10
Citations: 124 Ga. 143
Docket Number: 
Parties: New v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 143–143

Head Matter:
New v. The State.
Submitted October 18,
Decided November 10, 1905.
Indictment for malicious mischief. Before Judge Hodnett. City court of Carrollton. September 16, 1905.
Hamrick & Smith, for plaintiff in error.
C. E. Boop, solicitor, by W. F. Brown, contra.

Opinion:
Pish, C. J.
The evidence against the accused was entirely circumstantial, and at most authorized a mere suspicion of his guilt; whereas to warrant a conviction the evidence should have been sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt. The court, therefore, erred in refusing a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.