Stinnett v. State

The evidence here, being entirely circumstantial, must, under the provisions of Code § 38-109, be sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused. In cases such as this, also, the State’s case receives the benefit of the legal presumption as follows: “In this State the husband is recognized by law as the head of his family, and where he and his wife reside together, the legal presumption is that the house and all the household effects, including any intoxicating liquors, belong to the husband as the head of the family. This presumption of course…