McIntosh v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal form tbe Circuit Court of Clarke. Tried before tbe Hou. A. H. Alston. The appellant, Alex McIntosh, was indicted and tried for selling spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in Clarke county, contrary to law, was convicted of tbe offense charged and fined two hundred and fifty dollars.
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Appeal form tbe Circuit Court of Clarke. Tried before tbe Hou. A. H. Alston. The appellant, Alex McIntosh, was indicted and tried for selling spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in Clarke county, contrary to law, was convicted of tbe offense charged and fined two hundred and fifty dollars. In addition to the testimony of the witness Watkins, the substance of which is sufficiently stated in the opinion, the State introduced one Woodie Portis, who against the objection and exception of the defendant, testified that within twelve months before the finding of tbe indictment,' he had, on two…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
The witness Watkins’ testimony was to the effect that at the time which he named, he went to defendant’s blacksmith shop, where there were several persons, and inquired: “Can I get anything?” — meaning and being understood, by at least one of such persons, to mean whiskey; that some one replied : “Look in the barrel;” that he looked in the barrel .in the shop and got a quart bottle of whiskey, and put a dollar on a bench in the shop, went outside the shop, opened the bottle, took a drink of the whiskey, carried the bottle back into the shop and, saying “don’t let anybody bother this,” left it…
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