Davis v. State

The defendant was convicted, in the criminal court of Fulton County, of illegal possession of alcoholic liquors. She petitioned for the writ of certiorari, which was granted. On the response of the trial judge being made, the issue was heard and the certiorari overruled. The defendant excepted.

The untraversed answer of the judge showed substantially the following: the officer testified that when he saw the defendant she was in the act of pouring whisky in the sink from a can; that he took charge of her; that at that time she still had in her hand the can which contained three quarts of…