Dukes v. State

1. (a) The defendant was convicted of illegally possessing and controlling distilled spirits and alcohol which did not bear the tax stamp required by Code § 58-1056. He filed his motion for new trial on the general grounds, and thereafter added three special grounds. The motion was overruled. Error is assigned on this judgment. (6) The evidence for the State was substantially as follows: Sheriff E. L. Hatton and Deputy Sheriff Gordon Woods located two jugs of whisky in some woods a short distance from where the defendant lived. The officers concealed themselves and, after waiting for some…