State v. Smith

First question: Does the provision of the state prohibition law next herein quoted make it an offense for a person not licensed to sell non-intoxic.ating beverages to have in his possession privately manufactured distilled intoxicating liquor?

The material parts of this statute are as follows:

“There shall be no property rights in any liquor unlawfully possessed, . . . and all such liquors . . . are contraband subject to seizure, sale, or other disposition by the commissioner. . . . The possession of any privately manufactured distilled liquors without such permit \i. e. as provided in the…