Carson v. State

Carson was convicted of throwing a missile into a passenger-car of the Georgia Railway and Power Company. (Penal Code of 1910, § 512.) The testimony of the conductor, Ingram, identified Carson as being the person who threw the missile into the car. The testimony of the dispatcher of the company, York, identified Carson as the man pointed out by Ingram. The defendant undertook to prove an alibi by circumstantial evidence and by the positive evidence of his sister, and by his own statement that he was not present at the time. He was convicted, his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he…