Legal Opinion

Kent v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 11, 1914No. 5719Published

Accusation of sale of liquor; from city court of Millen—■ Judge T. L. Hill. April- 20, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.

1. No error of law is complained of, and the sole question is whether a certain beverage sold by the defendant was 'intoxicating. The evidence was in sharp conflict, and that introduced for the State was somewhat unsatisfactory, but the jury decided the issue against the accused, and this court can not set aside their finding, there being evidence sufficient to support the verdict.

2. The evidence that other persons sold non-intoxicating cider of the same name or brand as that dispensed by the accused does not exclude the hypothesis that the particular “cider” sold to the witnesses for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wilcox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  2. Askew v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

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