Smith v. State

Appellants were jointly charged, by indictment in two counts, that they did; (1) Unlawfully receive “intoxicating liquors, to wit: white mule whisky, from a common and other carrier,” etc., and; (2) unlawfully possess “intoxicating liquor, to wit: white mule whisky received from a common and other carrier,” etc. (Acts 1917, ch. 4, §15). Motions to quash the indictment, which were based upon the second and fourth grounds therefor of the statute (§2227 Burns 1926) were overruled. Defendants were tried by a jury upon pleas of not guilty, and verdicts of guilty found. This appeal is by all…