43 Ga. App. 394 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1931
Will B. Will'is was indicted and convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor in Harris county. The controlling question presented by the record is whether or not the venue of the offense was proved. The defendant did not admit the venue in his statement to the jury, and the only witness sworn in the case was William Spence. We quote from that part of the record which contains his testimony: “I was sheriff of Harris county on
We are satisfied that the proof does not meet the requirement that “in a criminal ease the venue of the crime must be established clearly and beyond a reasonable doubt.” Murphy v. State, 121 Ga. 142 (48 S. E. 909). See Mann v. State, 41 Ga. App. 320 (152 S. E. 854), and cit.
Judgment reversed.