Legal Opinion
State v. Freeland
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 26, 1916No. 9567PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Before Moore, J., Greenwood, March, 1915. Leah Freeland was convicted of unlawfully having cocaine in her possession, and she appeals. cites: As to sufficiency of indictment: 2 Hill 133; 1 N. & McC. 91; 54 S. C. 286; Crim. Code 1912, sec. 405; Const, art. Ill, sec. 17; 17 S. C. 462, 463.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
Defendant appeals from sentence on conviction for violation of sec. 405 of the Criminal Code, the pertinent provisions of which are :■
“Any person who shall be found in possession of any cocaine, or any person who shall be found in possession of any compound or mixture thereof, except when the bottle, box or- vessel containing said compound or mixture bears the name of the practicing physician prescribing it and the name of the druggist or pharmacist compounding or mixing it, shall be deemed guilty,” etc.
The indictment alleged only…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1820
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