Steele v. State

Eberhardt, Judge.

The defendant was charged in one count with the possession of 42 gallons of nontax-paid whiskey (see Code § 58-201, Code Ann. §§ 58-1046 (7) (b), 58-1078), and in another with the possession of 3 gallons of tax-paid whiskey in Washington County (see Code Ann. § 58-1077), it being one of the counties of the State in which the possession of more than one quart of tax-paid whiskey is unlawful.1 From a conviction on both counts defendant appeals. Held:

1. The verdict was amply authorized by the evidence.

2. The court charged that the defendant was being tried for the offenses of…