Legal Opinion

Bone v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 9, 1954No. 34994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarlisle, J.

Evidence wholly circumstantial may be sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the defendant’s guilt and authorize his conviction (Brantley v. State, 115 Ga. 833, 42 S. E. 251; Allen v. State, 123 Ga. 499, 51 S. E. 506); and where, under an accusation charging the defendant with the possession of non-tax-paid whisky, it appears from the evidence adduced on the trial that the two arresting officers saw an object in the shape of a bottle thrown from an automobile in which the defendant was riding and from the side of the automobile on which the defendant was sitting, that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Goldsmith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  3. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Brantley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Craft v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  2. Burch v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

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