97 Ga. 192
Decided May 13, 1895
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1895-05-13
Accusation of adultery. Before Judge Proffitt. City court of Elbert county. March term, 1895. Rachel Eldridge, a married woman, was convicted of adultery committed with Anderson Starlce, a married man. She moved for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence; and the motion was overruled.
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Decided 1895-05-13
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 1975
11 state decisions
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¶1The evidence in this case, though entirely circumstantial, was sufficient to warrant the conviction; and the verdict of guilty having been approved by the trial judge, this court will not overrule his refusal to grant a new trial.
¶2Judgment affirmed.
¶3dissenting. — A conviction should not be sustained where it is manifest that the verdict was predicated merely on suspicion and against the positive evidence'of a legally credible unimpeached witness.