Acker v. State

Gardner, J.(a) The defendant was convicted of possessing non-tax-paid whisky. He filed an amended motion for a new trial, which was overruled. He brings the case here for review. The jury were authorized to find that an enforcement officer of the State Revenue Department, and others, who obtained a search warrant, searched the premises of the defendant. The searchers found about three cases of half-gallon fruit jars on the back porch and in the kitchen. They examined about six of these jars and each had about a spoonful of whisky in it. These jars did not have Georgia revenue stamps on them.…