Berry v. State

Bell, Justice.

1. The venue may be proved by circumstantial as well as direct evidence, and in this ease the evidence was sufficient to establish the venue as laid in the indictment. Dumas v. State, 62 Ga. 58 (4); Johnson v. State, 62 Ga. 299; Womble v. State, 107 Ga. 666 (3) (33 S. E. 630) ; Malone v. State, 116 Ga. 272 (42 S. E. 468) ; Lee v. State, 176 Ga. 215 (2) (167 S. E. 507) ; Bowman v. Davis, 51 Ga. App. 478 (180 S. E. 917); Baker v. State, 55 Ga. App. 159 (189 S. E. 364).

2. “Force is an element of the crime of rape, but it may be exerted not only by physical violence but also by…