Harris v. City of Harrison

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

E. B. Harris has appealed from a judgment based upon the charge of possessing intoxicating liquor for sale in dry territory. He was first tried before Harrison’s Mayor in City Court. From conviction he appealed and was fined $350 in Circuit Court. In the motion for a new trial errors assigned were (a) inadmissibility of evidence; (b) want of substantial evidence that tbe liquor found in the defendant’s home was intended for sale;, (c) a verdict should have been directed when the City conceded there was no municipal ordinance prohibiting the conduct complained of;…