Frierson v. State

The accusation charged the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. The evidence showed that the officers stopped the defendant, travelling in an automobile, on a public highway in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and in the automobile was the prohibited liquor which he was charged with possessing. At that time the defendant stated to the officers who searched the car that he was carrying the whisky to George Burroughs. ’ Where Burroughs lived or where the whisky was to be delivered was not stated. Oglethorpe is a dry county, and to possess the prohibited liquor therein is illegal.

The defendant…