Autrey v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for possession of liquor; from Eorsytb superior court —Judge Morris. November '2, 1918. Autrey was tried on August'30, 1918, and convicted, under an indictment which charged that on the 27th of the same month he unlawfully had in his possession twenty-five gallons of corn whisky.
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Indictment for possession of liquor; from Eorsytb superior court —Judge Morris. November '2, 1918. Autrey was tried on August'30, 1918, and convicted, under an indictment which charged that on the 27th of the same month he unlawfully had in his possession twenty-five gallons of corn whisky. The witness referred to in division 2 of the decision was introduced for the State after the close of the testimony introduced by the defendant and the defendant’s statement, and testified that he was deputy sheriff and caught the defendant “two or three months ago, hauling a still used to make liquor, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The defendant was indicted for having in his possession intoxicating liquors. The evidence for the State showed that on two different occasions he was in possession of such liquors. In his statement at the trial he denied that he was in possession of such liquors on one of these occasions; and by evidence he sought to impeach the chief witnesses for the State, and also to establish an alibi. There was a verdict of guilty. He filed a motion for a new trial, and insisted that the verdict should be set aside as being without evidence to support it. There was evidence sufficient to authorize…
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