State v. Leggett

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for possessing intoxicating liquor for sale for beverage purposes, one of the offenses denounced by Act 39 of 1921.

There are two bills of exception in the record.

The first bill was reserved to the overruling of a motion for a new trial, and the second to the overruling of a motion in arrest of judgment.

The new trial was applied for upon two grounds; viz., that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, and that Act 39 of 1921, as amended by Act 57 of 1924, is unconstitutional. The motion in arrest of judgment is also predicated upon…