Legal Opinion

Shaw v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 9, 1936No. 8 Div. 340Published

1Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, Judge.

The only insistence made by appellant is that the amount of whisky found in the bottle in possession of defendant' was of such small quantity as to come within the rule as declared by this court in Henson v. State, 25 Ala.App. 118, 141 So. 718. Such contention is not sustained by the facts in this case. While it is true the evidence discloses only a spoonful of liquor in the bottle at the time it was seized by the officer, there was evidence from which the jury could conclude that immediately before the bottle had contained much more and that defendant was pouring the whisky…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Henson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
  2. Beck v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930

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