Brewsaw v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Jones county for possessing intoxicating liquor, in violation of section 1974, Code of 1930. The indictment attempted to charge that Appellant had been twice before convicted for the same offense. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Section 1974 of the Code of 1930 is in this language:

“If any person shall sell or barter, or give away or keep or have in his possession, except as hereinafter authorized, any vinous, alcoholic, malt, intoxicating or…