GIBBS v. STATE

35523.

91 Ga. App. 519 (1955)

86 S.E.2d 369

GIBBS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Stow, Robert E. Andrews, for plaintiff in error.

Jeff C. Wayne, Solicitor-General, contra.


TOWNSEND, J.

1. Where, as here, a conviction depends entirely upon circumstantial evidence, such evidence must be such as to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused.

2. Testimony, on a trial for possession of illegal liquor, that liquor was found under some honeysuckle vines on a vacant lot about 75 yards away from the defendant's house, is, of itself, insufficient to sustain a conviction. Roper v. State,<...

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