Shefton v. State

The accusation in this ease charges that Zaek Shefton' did, on August 21, 1930, in Worth county, Ga., “control and possess certain spirituous, vinous, malted, and fermented liquors, and aleo-' holic compound and malt and liquors.” The verdict was' “guilty.” The accused excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

On the trial the State introduced only the witness J. N. Sumner. The defendant closed without introducing any evidence or making any statement to the jury.

For the purposes of this decision, it is sufficient to say that the substance of the State’s case is that two officers…