Herbert v. State

John Herbert was indicted for possessing intoxicating liquor, and was convicted.

The substance of the State’s evidence is that on March 16, 1931, in Newton county, Georgia, the defendant was seen about one hundred yards from a “running” still; that when the defendant saw that the still was being raided he sought to escape, and an officer ran him down and caught him; and that upon being apprehended he handed the officer a quart of whisky, and said he “surely did hate it.” The substance of the defendant’s statement to the jury was that his sister, Mrs. George Cochran, requested him to get whisky…