Clements v. State

1. The offense of possessing intoxicating liquors being a misdemeanor, the testimony of an accomplice is sufficient to establish the offense. Park’s Penal Code, § 1017, and notes on “Misdemeanor.”

(а) The fact that the same testimony may further show that the witness and the accused jointly manufactured the same liquors does not affect the rule, the accused being on trial not for the manufacturing, which is a felony, but for having such liquors in his possession, which is a misdemeanor. Byrd v. State, 28 Ga. App. 731 (113 S. E. 25).

(б) In view of the foregoing principles, as applied to the…