Jefferson v. State

Even if the evidence authorized a charge on the law of confessions, in the absence of an appropriate written request so to do, the failure to instruct the jury on that subject was not cause for a new trial. Nail v. State, 125 Ga. 234 (3) (54 S. E. 145); Daniel v. State, 59 Ga. App. 454 (1 S. E. 2d, 229).

The judge charged the jury: “Now, the mere fact, if you find it to be a fact, that whisky may have been found in a bathroom, which you find was used jointly by this defendant and another, would not show conclusively that it was in the exclusive possession of either one of the persons jointly…