Legal Opinion

Sims v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 25, 1939No. 27472PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGuerry, J.

Where a pint of whisky is found in a trap within the kitchen floor of the defendant’s house, the presumption of law is that the possession of the whisky is that of the defendant; though this presumption is rebuttable. Though another person boarded in the same house with the defendant, the jury had the right to conclude from the evidence that the possession of the whisky so found was that of the defendant. George v. State, 37 Ga. App. 513 (140 S. E. 903). No error of law is complained of. The court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, O. J., and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. George v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  2. Stovall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  4. West v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  5. Grantley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

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