Green v. State

I dissent from the affirmance of the conviction of Samuel Green on the first count of the information charging him with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor on July 23, 1926, but concur in the reversal as to the second count charging illegal possession on the same day. This case involves a question of evidence which has not been determined by this court, so far as I know, and one that is important to the enforcement of legislation pertaining to constitutional prohibition. The nature of the thing prohibited by the Constitution, and the obvious difficulties of properly enforcing the law, are…