Stoneham v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

There was found upon the premises of the appellant a quantity of intoxicating liquor.

The theory of the defense that the possession was for medicinal purposes was presented to the jury.

An exception was reserved to the charge of the court upon the ground that it embraced an instruction that under the law the possession of more than one quart of intoxicating liquor is prima facie evidence of guilt, but that the defendant was entitled…