Griffeth v. State

1. Where, on the trial of one charged with- the offense of possessing non-tax-paid liquor, there is both direct and circumstantial evidence connecting the defendant with the perpetration of the offense charged, it is not reversible error for the trial-court, in the absence of a timely written request to charge the law of circumstantial evidence, to fail to instruct the jury on the subject. Carroll v. State, 47 Ga. App. 81 (171 S. E. 574); Reece v. State, 208 Ga. 165 (3) (66 S. E. 2d, 133); Williams v. State, 196 Ga. 503 (1) (26 S. E. 926); and citations. See also Phillips v. State, 12 Ga.…