115 Ga. 212

Shigg v. The State.

Submitted March 17,

Decided March 31, 1902.

Indictment for murder. Before Judge' Falligant. Motion for new, trial. Before Judge Barrow. Chatham superior court, January 28, 1902.

Baiford Falligant and W. F. Slater, for plaintiff in error.

Boykin Wright, attorney-general, and W. W. Osborne, solicitor-general, contra.

Simmons, C. J.

The evidence being entirely circumstantial and not being sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis other than that of the guilt of the accused, the verdict of guilty was contrary to law.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring, except Little and Lewis, JJ., absent.

Shigg v. State
115 Ga. 212

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Shigg v. State
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Mar 31, 1902
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