Beasley v. State

The defendant demurred to the accusation charging him with possessing whisky which did not bear tax stamps, in violation of the Code, § 58-1056, on the ground that it did not charge an offense, because it failed to allege the strength of the whisky and did not allege that it was intoxicating, which is a necessary allegation. In Edwards v. State, 124 Ga. 100 (52 S. E. 319), the Supreme Court held that under the Code of 1895, § 431, if a person, without procuring the license and taking the oath prescribed by law, sells any of the liquors named in that section, among which is whisky, it is not…