State v. Sweizewski

Citations

• 73 Kan. 733
• 85 P. 800
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 311

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Sufficiency. In a trial on the charge of a violation of the prohibitory liquor law, as well as in the trial of any other criminal charge, circumstantial evidence may be considered by the jury; but, as in all other criminal cases, before a jury is justified in convicting the defendant upon circumstantial evidence alone the. circumstances proved must not only all be consistent with the theory of the defendant’s guilt, but they must be so strong as to exclude any other reasonable hypothesis.</p>