Legal Opinion

Ridley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1956No. 36089PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, P. J.

1. On the trial of one accused of the possession of non-tax-paid liquor the presumption that whisky found in a man’s house belongs to him is a legal presumption, proof of which is sufficient to make a prima facie case that it was in the possession of the defendant. Gilder v. State, 52 Ga. App. 252 (183 S. E. 95).

2. It is the prerogative of the jury to accept the deiendant’s statement as a whole or to reject it as a whole, to believe it in part or to disbelieve it in part. In the exercise of this discretion they are unlimited. Beatty v. State, 54 Ga. App. 280 (187 S. E. 686) and citations.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gilder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  2. Beatty v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  3. Cummings v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962

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