State v. Marshall

August 17, 1925, defendant, charged with, possession of intoxicating liquor, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, and punishment assessed at a fine of $400, and imprisonment in the county jail for one year. The charge was a misdemeanor, under Section 6588, Revised Statutes 1919, as amended in the Act of 1921. [Laws 1921, p. 414.] The defendant in the trial court raised certain constitutional questions which were ruled against him. Accordingly he sued out a writ of error in this court which has jurisdiction.

On January 30, 1925, the defendant operated a soft-drink…