Farrar v. State

Oct 27, 1899
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Cobb
Cobb, J.

Though the evidence was ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍entirely circumstantial and not of the strongest and most ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍satisfactory character, it was consistent with the guilt of ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍the accused and sufficient to warrant the jury in ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍concluding that it was inconsistent with any other reasonable ‍​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍hypothesis.

Judgment affirmed.

ATI the Justices concurring.