17 Ga. App. 116 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1915
1. “Good character is a substantive fact in defense, and may itself alone be sufficient to generate a reasonable doubt of guilt. When the evidence warrants it, trial courts may very properly state to the jury the weight that they may be authorized to give to proof of good character, but without an appropriate written request the failure so to ,, do will not amount to reversible error.” Webb v. State, 6 Ga. App. 353 (64 S. E. 1001); Hagood v. State, 5 Ga, App. 80 (8), 91 (62 S. E. 641); Scott v. State 137 Ga. 337 (3) (73 S. E. 575); Ellison v. State, 137 Ga.
2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the trial court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial. Judgment affirmed.