Hopson v. State

1. The indictment charged H. G. Hopson with selling spirituous and intoxicating liquors in Brooks county. There was sufficient evidence to establish, among others, the following facts: Gornto and J. W. Hopson, as partners, were engaged in selling such liquors at Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes, and the latter had a store in Brooks county in which H. G. Hopson was employed as a clerk. Several persons residing in Brooks county sent by mail orders to Gornto for whisky, in each instance enclosing with the order a remittance covering the price of the liquor desired. These orders were filled by…