Legal Opinion

Eason v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1943No. 8 Div. 305Published

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Judge.

Prosecution for a violation of the State prohibition law in Madison, a dry (as so termed under the statute) county.

The case was sufficiently proven by one Campbell, a State’s witness, who was an agent of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. According to his testimony, the defendant was seen to deliver a pint of whiskey to some persons sitting at a table in the Cafe where defendant was working. This, if true, constituted a violation of the statute, and, if believed by the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, justified the verdict of guilty. Code 1940, Title 29, Sec. 98;…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Slaughter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1935
  2. Murphy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. Ledbetter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1937

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