State v. Halbrook

The appellants, husband and wife, were convicted in the Circuit Court of Dent County on a charge of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor, a misdemeanor, and the punishment of each was assessed by the jury at a fine of $200. Because of certain constitutional questions raised, an appeal was allowed to this court from judgment in accordance with the verdict.

The amended information, filed April 6, 1925, and based on Section 6588, Laws 1921, p. 414, charges that the defendants, at Dent County, on February 6, 1925, unlawfully had in their possession certain intoxicating liquors, to-wit,…