Anderson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Lewis Anderson was convicted of violating the Prohibition Law, and he appealed. The finding of the still was improperly admitted in evidence. 196 Ala. 679, 72 South. 310, L. R, A. 1916F, 1018. The court erred in admitting the evidence relative to tracks. 118 Ala. 79, 23 South. 776. There was no error in admitting evidence concerning the still and the defendant’s connection therewith. 14 Ala.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Lewis Anderson was convicted of violating the Prohibition Law, and he appealed. The finding of the still was improperly admitted in evidence. 196 Ala. 679, 72 South. 310, L. R, A. 1916F, 1018. The court erred in admitting the evidence relative to tracks. 118 Ala. 79, 23 South. 776. There was no error in admitting evidence concerning the still and the defendant’s connection therewith. 14 Ala. App. 44, 70 South. 990; 12 Ala. App. 265, 69 South. 910. The court did not err in admitting the evidence of tracks. 202 Ala. 65, 79 South.…
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.
The defendant was convicted under the second count of an indictment which charges that he received, had in possession, or possessed prohibited liquors. There was no denial of the fact that prohibited liquors were found at the home of the defendant, as was testified to by witnesses for the state. The defendant claimed, however, that this liquor was left at his house the morning of his arrest while he was in his field at work, and that he had no-knowledge that it was there., There was evidence on the part of the state that on the morning that defendant was arrested and certain prohibited…
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