Harris v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of possession of liquor; from city court of Dublin — Judge Sturgis. January 7, 1922. The room in which the whisky was found was in a house to which the defendant and the witnesses referred as her house. A policeman testified that it was found about 10 o’clock in the morning. It -was testified that she left the house about 7 o’clock that morning to go to her work, and that the room was closed and no one was in it when officers entered it to make a search.
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Accusation of possession of liquor; from city court of Dublin — Judge Sturgis. January 7, 1922. The room in which the whisky was found was in a house to which the defendant and the witnesses referred as her house. A policeman testified that it was found about 10 o’clock in the morning. It -was testified that she left the house about 7 o’clock that morning to go to her work, and that the room was closed and no one was in it when officers entered it to make a search. It .was testified that she was married; and she stated that her husband was living with her at that time, but was of at work and…
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
The defendant was charged with violating the prohibition statute. The evidence shows that in the house where the defendant lived, which was occupied also by other people, the officers found two pints of whisky concealed in a piano. The defendant was not at home, but was away at work at the time of the search. At the time of the search there were other people present in the house, and there is undisputed evidence that one of the other persons at the house on the same day was in possession of whisky and was engaged in the illicit sale of whisky. The evidence was not sufficient to authorize the…
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