Batts v. State

This was a prosecution charging the appellant with the transporting of intoxicating liquor under the Prohibition Law of 1917, Acts 1917 p. 15, as amended by the act of 1921, Acts 1921 p. 736, and as further amended by the act of 1923, Acts 1923 p. 70. That act provides that “it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, transport, * * * any intoxicatin liquor, except as in this Act provided, * *

The appellant filed a motion to quash the affidavit for the reason that it did not state “an offense or a violation of the law.” This motion was overruled, to which ruling of the court, the…