Legal Opinion

Benson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 31, 1932No. 22526Published

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

1. Where the defendant was tried for manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and the undisputed evidence showed that such liquors had been made on the land of A, who had rented different portions of the land (adjacent to where the distillery was operated) to the defendant and two other persons respectively, the defendant and the other two persons "being the only persons residing on the land, cmd no other person living nearby; and where the circumstantial evidence excluded every reasonable hypothesis except that intoxicating liquors had been manufactured at the distillery by the defendant and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Toney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  2. Lunceford v. Mayor of WashingtonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  3. Wynn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  4. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920

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