State v. Chancey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Indictment containing two counts: (1) A sale of whiskey; (2) storing and keeping in possession whiskey for unlawful use. Verdict “guilty”: sentence, imprisonment in the penitentiary for 15 months, 5 of which were suspended during good behavior.

We shall consider only the exception which assigns error to the presiding Judge in not fully charging the latw of alibi.

Speaking for himself alone, the writer of this opinion has an abiding confidence that sooner or later the Court will recede from the oft-expressed statement that alibi is an…