Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 10, 1928No. 19033PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBloodwokth, J.

1. Under the ruling in Carter v. State, 21 Ga. App. 493 (94 S. E. 625), and the facts of this case, it was not error for the court to fail to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence.

2. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury to conclude that apparatus for distilling and manufacturing intoxicating liquors was located on premises in the actual possession of the accused. Indeed he did not deny this. Such evidence, by the express terms of the law (Act 1917. Ex. Sess., p. 18), is prima facie evidence that the person in actual possession had knowledge of the fact that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  2. Malcom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  3. Neville v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Harbin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933

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