Legal Opinion

Kirtland v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 16, 1937No. 7 Div. 269PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, Judge.

The State introduced testimony which tended to prove the finding of a quantity of beer and a small amount of whisky in the place of business of defendant, at which time and place the defendant was present.

There are numerous objections and exceptions to the introduction of evidence, which, as we are required to do by statute, we have examined and in none of them do we find questions of merit presented.

A charge of illegally possessing prohibited liquors can be sustained by circumstantial evidence just as any other material fact in establishing a criminal charge. Walker v. State,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  2. Dutton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Edwards v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1936

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Knox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  2. Burt v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  3. Green v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Houston v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. Barfield v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938

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