Leatherwood v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for possessing liquor; from Haralson superior court — Judge Irwin. December 28, 1920. Jim Leatherwood was convicted on an indictment which charged him with possessing intoxicating liquor. From the evidence it appeared that in grass and weeds and in a smoke-house of the defendant’s father, Parker Leatherwood, in a few steps from the dwelling .of the 'father, with whom the defendant lived, several jugs and jars of whisky were found, covered up.
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Indictment for possessing liquor; from Haralson superior court — Judge Irwin. December 28, 1920. Jim Leatherwood was convicted on an indictment which charged him with possessing intoxicating liquor. From the evidence it appeared that in grass and weeds and in a smoke-house of the defendant’s father, Parker Leatherwood, in a few steps from the dwelling .of the 'father, with whom the defendant lived, several jugs and jars of whisky were found, covered up. A still, equipped for the making of whisky, with evidences of having been recently-operated, to which a trail led from Parker Leatherwood’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
The verdict was not authorized by the evidence, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur. J. M. McBride, Griffith & Matthews, for plaintiff in error. J. B. Hutcheson, solicitor-general, contra.
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