Legal Opinion

Baugh v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1924No. 15589PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworti-i, J.

“The circumstantial evidence introduced by the prosecution was purely negative in its character, and the inference of the defendant’s guilt, which might have arisen from this negative testimony, was so rebutted by positive proof, not inconsistent therewith, that he had earned and had received a sufficient amount of money to maintain himself, that the verdict finding him guilty of vagrancy was not authorized by law, and a new trial should have been granted.” Leonard v. State, 5 Ga. App. 494 (63 S. E. 530). See Jacobs v. State, 1 Ga. App. 519 (57 S. E. 1063); Mooney v. State, 32 Ga. App. 448…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jacobs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Leonard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  3. Mooney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. . OldhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  2. Hammond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  3. James v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927

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