Legal Opinion

Latham v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 23, 1954No. 2 Div. 879PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Presiding Judge.

The first count of' the indictment charges the offense of manufacturing whiskey. The second count charges the possession of an illegal still. The verdict of the jury responded to the second count. This had the effect of acquitting the accused of manufacturing whiskey. Dickerson v. State, 32 Ala.App. 432, 26 So.2d 627; Whitt v. State, 27 Ala.App. 526, 175 So. 333.

Without dispute in the evidence the raiding officers found two complete whiskey-distilling outfits and a large quantity of “moonshine whiskey” all at the same general location or locale.

As the officers…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  2. Kelley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  3. Francis v. Imperial Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Camp v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  5. Harris v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Leonard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. Lane v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
  3. Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  4. Tanner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Ex Parte ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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