Hawes v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia sustaining a conviction and sentence of the plaintiff in error for having knowingly permitted and allowed a certain person or persons to have and possess and locate on his premises apparatus for the distilling and manufacturing of liquors specified in the Act of March 28, 1917, Acts Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 7.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Indictment against Hawes under the law of Georgia for the offense of knowingly permitting certain persons to locate and have on his premises apparatus for distilling and manufacturing prohibited liquors and beverages.
A verdict of guilty was rendered. A motion for new trial was made and denied, which action and the judgment of the trial court were affirmed on appeal by the Supreme Court of the State.
The act of the State upon which the indictment was based [Acts Ex. Sess., 1917, p. 7] made it unlawful, among other things, “to distill, manufacture, or make any alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, or…
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