Whites v. State

This case arose under the act of 1917 (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1917, § 20, p. 16), which provides that “All vehicles and conveyances of every kind and description which are used on any of the public roads or private ways of this State, . . in conveying any liquors or beverages, the sale or possession of which is prohibited by law, shall be seized by any sheriff or other arresting officer, who shall report the same to the solicitor of the county, city or superior court having jurisdiction in the county where the seizure was made, whose duty it shall be within ten days from the time he received said…