Doscher v. State

The following opinion was filed June 20, 1927:

Eschweiler, J.

Though the finding of unlawful liquor on the premises of one, as defendant here, licensed under sub. (29) and (30), sec. 165.01, Stats., to conduct the business of selling non-intoxicating liquor may be some, or prima facie, evidence of a violation of the statutes here involved, yet to sustain a conviction there must be a showing of defendant’s conscious possession. The court correctly so charged the jury under the rule declared in such cases as Larsen v. State, 190 Wis. 606, 608, 209 N. W. 687; Miller v. State, 191 Wis. 477, 211 N.…