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110 Ga. 310

Tate v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 26, 1900

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1900-02-26

<p>Accusation of buying and receiving stolen goods. Before Judge Calhoun. Criminal court of Atlanta. December term, 1899.</p>

Decided 1900-02-26

Lumpkin, P. J.

¶1While the evidence, which was entirely circumstantial, was consistent with the guilt of the accused and sufficient to raise a strong suspicion against him, it was also consistent with the hypothesis that lie was innocent, and did not establish t-lie charge made in the accusation with that degree of certainty which the law requires-in criminal cases.

¶2Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.
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