Savage v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of possessing liquor; from city court of Floyd county — Judge Nunnally. February 2, 1922. From the evidence it appeared that in a three-room house rented and occupied by the defendant, who was a woman working at another place, officers in her absence found Seab Lynn in bed in the front bedroom, and found in the room an empty pint bottle which had recently contained liquor, and, in a slop-bucket in the-same room, about a half pint of liquor which had been poured’…
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Accusation of possessing liquor; from city court of Floyd county — Judge Nunnally. February 2, 1922. From the evidence it appeared that in a three-room house rented and occupied by the defendant, who was a woman working at another place, officers in her absence found Seab Lynn in bed in the front bedroom, and found in the room an empty pint bottle which had recently contained liquor, and, in a slop-bucket in the-same room, about a half pint of liquor which had been poured’ into it, and found hid between a plank and the weatherboarding of the room two pints of liquor and several bottles which…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
The evidence adduced upon the trial of this case was not sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the overruling of the motion for a new trial was
error. Judgment reversed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur. Porter & Mebane, for plaintiff in error. James Maddox, solicitor, contra.
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