Legal Opinion

Yonce v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 11, 1922No. 3133PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Question certified by Court of Appeals (Cases Nos. 13307, •13340).

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

Where, upon the trial of one charged with manufacturing whisky, the evidence of the State showed that as the officers approached a distillery, which was then in actual operation “ and running oil whisky,” the defendant and two other men (the only persons at the distillery) fled and escaped; and where the defendant in his statment to the jury made no explanation of his flight, but asserted • that he was never at the distillery, and that on the occasion when 'it was raided he was at a certain designated place far from the distillery, and introduced testimony which tended to sustain his alibi;…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kidd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Sewell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  3. Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. BrockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Alfred v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
  5. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. GilbertSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Lindsay v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  2. Yonce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  4. Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  5. Loughridge v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940

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