Scott v. City of Troy

But one question is presented on this appeal by the single assignment of error wherein it is insisted that the court erred to a reversal in refusing to the defendant the general affirmative charge requested in writing. Under the uniform decisions of this court and of the Supreme Court, this appellant was entitled to said charge, as there was no evidence adduced upon the trial of this case tending to connect her with the commission of the offense with which she was charged. It has many times been held that the mere finding of a bottle containing prohibited liquor upon the premises of a person,…