Court Opinion

ID: 5623022
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 04:43:07.455787+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:37:29.743817
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Guerry, J.
The evidence in this case was wholly circumstantial, and creates a mere suspicion as to the guilt of the accused, which is not sufficient. Bush v. State, 7 Ga. App. 607 (67 S. E. 685). It did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the court erred in overruling the motion for' a new trial. Calhoun v. State, 9 Ga. App. 501 (71 S. E. 765).

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, G. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.

William J. Cooley, Pemberton Cooley, Alexander Stephens, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Pratt, solicitor-general, contra.