State v. Atkins

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

The appellants were indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced in the County Criminal Court for Spartanburg County “for violation of the liquor laws”. We assume that the specific offense charged in the indictment was the possession of whiskey on which the tax had not been paid.

The sole question raised by this appeal is: Was there sufficient evidence of appellants’ guilt to warrant the trial Judge in submitting such issue to the jury? Stated differ ently, did the trial Judge err in refusing appellants’ motion for a directed verdict of…