Legal Opinion

Braswell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 23, 1911No. 3716Published

Accusation of sale of liquor; from city court of Oglethorpe— Jiidge Greer. August 8, 1911.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

The only question raised in this case is fully controlled by the repeated decisions of this court and of the Supreme Court to the effect that where it is jiroved that money was given to the accused to buy intoxicating liquor, and subsequently he delivered the liquor to the person who gave him the money with which to buy it, a prima facie case of guilt is established, and the burden is cast upon him to prove that he was not the seller, had no interest in the sale, and acted solely as the agent of the purchaser. Holt v. State, 7 Ga. App. 77 (66 S. E. 279); Highsmith v. Waycross, 7 Ga. App. 611…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Holt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  2. Highsmith v. City of WaycrossCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910

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