Austin v. State

A statement by a defendant to a witness, during the investigation of a case, that he committed the offense for which he is later put on trial at a certain geographically lo cated spot, plus the sworn testimony of the witness on the trial that such spot is in the county of the court taking jurisdiction of the case, is sufficient proof of venue, where there are no circumstances tending to prove that the venue was in fact in some other county. Dowdell v. State, 200 Ga. 775 (1) (38 S. E. 2d 780); Davis v. State, 66 Ga. App. 877 (4) (19 S. E. 2d 543). The only circumstances from which a contrary…