Wyatt v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of possessing intoxicating liquor; from city court of Carrollton — Juclgé Hood. February 4, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. The conviction of the defendant not depending solely upon circumstantial evidence, the court did not err, in the absence of a timely and appropriate written request, in failing to instruct the jury upon the law of circumstantial evidence.
2. A special ground of a motion for a new trial must be complete within itself. The 2d special ground in the instant ease complains that, the court erred in failing to charge the jury upon the law of impeachment of witnesses by contradictory statements, but does not show that any request for such a charge was made, or that the court charged at all upon the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rice v. City of EatontonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
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