Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 9, 1942No. 29681PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1. All engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor are principals, and if the defendant worked for Forrest Davis and Howard Tarvin at their place of business, and this was where his duties were to be performed, he might be guilty of having and controlling intoxicating liquor though he was not the owner of the liquor but merely the employee and agent of the owners.

2. Proof either that the defendant directly or personally enacted the criminal transaction (possessing more than one quart of tax-paid liquor in a dry county), or that he aided or abetted the criminal transaction of his employers at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Toles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
  2. Black v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  3. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Faucette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  2. Oglesby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949

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