State v. Frierson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

The appellants are brothers, and conduct a small store on the western edge of the town of Manning. On the 22d of September, 1924, their store was searched by the Sheriff of Clarendon County. Four coca-cola bottles containing whisky were found under one corner of the building, and a two-quart jar about 50 feet in rear of the store in a patch of woods. They were committed to jail and were tried the following day for transporting and storing alcoholic liquor, before Special Judge Cohen and a jury, which resulted in their being convicted…