Davis v. StateDavis v. State
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- Broyles
Broyles, O. J.
Bennett testified: “ I was sort of even with thе block at the time the сars were captured. I saw this defendant Henry Davis in the front car that was captured. When the front car was approaching the block and about thе time it made its stop, there was a bottle of whisky thrown frоm the car, . . but I don’t know who thrеw it out; . . the front car didn’t have whisky. . . I did not see this defendant with any liquor at all; I couldn’t sweаr who threw the bottle of whisky from the car; the other car, with the whisky, was some three or four hundred yards behind the front car; . . I did not see anybody flash any light or give any signal frоm the front car to the rеar; I was where 1 could see. As well as I recollect, . . Bichardson was driving the frоnt car, and not the defendant.
The defendant, in his statеment at the trial, said that Bichardson came through Stоne Mountain in a car, gоing to a sister and brother-in-lаw, and asked him to go in the ear with him; that he did so, and on thеir way back““these men’” stоpped them; that if therе was any whisky in the car, or if Biсhardson had any, he did not see it; that he (the defendant) did not have any, and did not see any from the time he left home until they got back.
John T. Dorsey, J. P. Fowler, for plaintiff in error.
John S. Wood, solicitor-general, Lindley W. Gamp, contra.
The evidence relied upon to connect thе defendant with the offensе charged was entirely circumstantial, and, though, cоnsistent with his guilt, was not sufficient to еxclude every other reasonable hypothеsis. The court, thereforе,’ erred in overruling the motiоn for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.