White v. State
| Decision Date | 16 March 1908 |
| Docket Number | (No. 989.) |
| Citation | 4 Ga.App. 72,60 S.E. 803 |
| Parties | WHITE . v. STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Criminal Law—Instructions—Circumstantial Evidence.
Where the prosecution relies exclusively upon circumstantial evidence for a conviction, it is the duty of the trial judge, whether so requested or not, to instruct the jury on the rule of law applicable to such evidence, as laid down in section 984 of the Penal Code of 1895. Riley v. State, 1 Ga. App. 651, 57 S. E. 1031; McElroy v. State, 125 Ga. 37, 53 S. E. 759.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 14, Criminal Law, § 1999.]
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Error from City Court of Dublin; J. E. Burch, Judge.
E. B. White was convicted of crime, and brings error. Reversed.
N. J. Hawkins, for plaintiff in error.
G. H. Williams, Sol., for the State.
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