State v. Drakeford

.The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendant was indicted and convicted at the spring term, 1921, of the Court for Clarendon County, Judge James E. Peurifoy, presiding, of violation of the prohibition law upon three counts of an indictment charging (1) the unlawful receipt, (2) the unlawful keeping in possession, and (3) the unlawful storing of alcoholic liquor.

Upon the conclusion of the testimony for the State, the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict. The motion was granted as, to the counts in the indictment charging manufacturing and transporting,…