McGarity v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Grant Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT OE EACTS. Bert MeGarity was indicted for the crime of setting up a distillery in this State for the purpose of manufacturing distilled spirits for beverage purposes. Ed. F. McDonald, sheriff of Grant County, Arkansas, and two of his deputies, were witnesses for the State.
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Appeal from Grant Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT OE EACTS. Bert MeGarity was indicted for the crime of setting up a distillery in this State for the purpose of manufacturing distilled spirits for beverage purposes. Ed. F. McDonald, sheriff of Grant County, Arkansas, and two of his deputies, were witnesses for the State. According to their testimony, they went to the neighborhood where Bert McGarity lived to make an investigation, and about 150 yards from Stan Collins’ house they found a worm. On the next morning they went down there and saw Bert McGarity in a bunch of bushes in…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is first earnestly insisted by counsel for the defendant that the testimony is not legally sufficient to support the verdict. The defendant was indicted for the offense of setting up a. distillery for the purpose of manufacturing distilled spirits for beverage purposes, and the indictment was found under § 3 of Act 324 of the General Acts of Arkansas 1921, p. 372. Sec. 3 reads as follows:
“No distillery shall be set up in this State for the purpose of manufacturing distilled spirits for beverage purposes, and no distillery shall be used in the manufacture of such…
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