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POYTHRESS v. STATE

36574.

95 Ga. App. 124 (1957)

97 S.E.2d 165

POYTHRESS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Staples, R. J. Brown, for plaintiff in error.

William J. Wiggins, Solicitor, contra.

CARLISLE, J.

A conviction may be had upon a free and voluntary confession corroborated only by proof of the corpus delicti (Owen v. State, 119 Ga. 304, 46 S. E. 433; Daniel v. State, 63 Ga. 339; Paul v. State, 65 Ga. 152; Williams v. State, 69 Ga. 11; Westbrook v. State, 91 Ga. 11, 16 S. E. 100); and, where, upon the trial of one charged with the possession of non-tax-paid whisky, it appears from...

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