Legal Opinion

Williamson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 1, 1918No. 9962PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Indictment for manufacture of intoxicating liquor; from Carroll superior court—Judge Terrell. June 3, 1918.

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.

In this ease there was direct evidence to connect the ‘ defendant with the crime charged. “It is only where a case is wholly dependent upon the law of circumstantial evidence that the trial judge is required to give the law of circumstantial evidence.” The indictment being supported by direct as well as circumstantial evidence, it was not erroneous for the court to fail to charge the law of circumstantial evidence. Nobles v. State, 127 Ga. 212 (56 S. E. 125); Lockett v. State, 20 Ga. App. 180 (92 S. E. 948); Ponder v. State, 18 Ga. App. 703 (6), 704 (90 S. E. 365).

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Nobles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Ponder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  3. Lockett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. DeWitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  2. Ingram v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919

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