Hart v. State

• Decision Date: 15 November 1895
• Citation: 23 S.E. 831,97 Ga. 365
• Parties: HART v. STATE.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

23 S.E. 831

97 Ga. 365

HART v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia

November 15, 1895

Syllabus by the Court.

The evidence against the accused being entirely circumstantial, the court erred in stating, in the hearing of the jury, that the law of circumstantial evidence was not in the case, and in failing to instruct them concerning the legal rules applicable to evidence of this character.

Error from superior court, Glascock county; Seaborn Reese, Judge.

Willis Hart was convicted of a felony, and brings error. Reversed.

Jas. Whitehead, for plaintiff in error.

W.M. Howard, Sol. Gen., and Harrison & Peeples, for the State.

PER CURIAM.

Judgment reversed.

SIMMONS, C.J., not presiding.