RIDLEY v. STATE

36089.

93 Ga. App. 557 (1956)

92 S.E.2d 308

RIDLEY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford R. Brooke, for plaintiff in error.

Erwin Mitchell, Solicitor-General, contra.


GARDNER, 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 defendant's statement as a whole or to reject it as a whole, to believe...

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