People v. Leslie

Defendant reviews his conviction on a charge of unlawfully having intoxicating liquor in his possession on exceptions before sentence. Error is assigned upon the following instruction:

“Gentlemen of the jury, I instruct you that the law applied to the facts in this case, which are undisputed, shows the defendant to be guilty of the offense charged, namely the offense of having intoxicating liquors in his possession. It will be your duty to so find under the facts and the law. You may now retire to consider your verdict.”

The prosecution offered proof tending to show that while a number of…