Colbert v. State

1. Georgia as a whole is a dry state, and the general prohibition law as contained in Code §§ 58-101, 58-201 et seq., generally known as the “bone dry” law, is of force and effect in every county of the State, unless the prohibited liquors have been legalized by statute or by statute and election held in conformity with them in the individual counties. Prior to the passage of the act of 1935, approved March 23, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 492, Code, § 58-801 et seq.) the possession of intoxicating wines in general was a violation of the prohibition law. In Cone v. State, 184 Ga. 316, 325 (191 S. E.…