Legal Opinion

Winchester v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 17, 1940No. 8 Div. 25PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Judge.

Trial below was before the court without a jury. Appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession .of prohibited liquor. The record proper is free of error and the bill of exceptions fails to disclose any ruling of the court on the evidence, prejudicial to the defendant. The sole insistence of learned counsel for appellant is that the evidence was insufficient to warrant the conviction, thereby requiring reversal of the judgment.

The tendency of the State's evidence was: The raid was at the defendant’s house. Some others were seated at a table upon which was a drinking glass…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Maisel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. Peterson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Henson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
  4. Murphy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1936
  5. Northington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pride v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
  2. Perez v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Davis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960
  4. McCain v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942
  5. Winchester v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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