10 Ga. App. 77
Decided November 7, 1911
Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1911-11-07
<p>Indictment for larceny from house; from Floyd superior court —Judge Maddox.</p>
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Decided 1911-11-07
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1989
3 state decisions
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¶1The circumstances relied upon to support the verdict, weighed most strongly against the accused, are not incriminatory in character, and are only sufficient to raise a suspicion of guilt; and suspicion alone, however strong and apparently well founded, has no probative value as evidence, and a verdict based thereon, without more, is contrary to law.
¶2 Judgment reversed.