Welch v. State, 27328.

• Decision Date: 19 January 1939
• Docket Number: No. 27328.,27328.
• Citation: 59 Ga.App. 351,200 S.E. 806
• Parties: WELCH. v. STATE.
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

59 Ga.App. 351

200 S.E. 806

WELCH.

v.STATE.

No. 27328.

Court of Appeals of Georgia,

Division No. 1.

Jan. 19, 1939.

Error from Superior Court, Fulton County; James C. Davis, Judge.

Robert Welch was convicted of an offense and he brings error.

Affirmed.

W. Paul Thomas, of Atlanta, for plaintiff in error.

John A. Boykin, Sol. Gen., J. Walter Le Craw, and Quincy O. Arnold, all of Atlanta, for the State.

Syllabus Opinion by the Court

MacINTYRE, Judge.

Although the testimony of witnesses for the State contained seeming or actual contradictions, yet the jury having nevertheless believed the witnesses, and their testimony being sufficient, if true, to authorize a conviction, there was no abuse of discretion in denying a new trial. Davis v. State, 94 Ga. 399, 19 S.E. 243; demons v. State, 159 Ga. 425, 125 S.E. 800; Laseter v. State, 52 Ga.App. 261 (2), 183 S.E. 76.

Judgment affirmed.

BROYLES, C J., and GUERRY, J., concur.