Mitchell v. State

Bob Mitchell was tried and convicted on an accusation which charged that he did, in Thomas county, on the second day of September, 1916, unlawfully receive and accept delivery of, and possess and have in his possession at one time and in a period of thirty consecutive days, more than two quarts of whisky. The accused at first denied that the whisky was in his possession, but later admitted that he had in his possession, on the date alleged in the indictment, more than two quarts of whisky. The whisky in his possession consisted of about 48 half-pints. He contended that under an agreement with…