State v. Jacobson

The defendant, Andrew Jacobson, was charged, jointly with one Erlandson, with having unlawfully possessed intoxicating liquor in Missoula county on the sixth day of March, 1925; both pleaded not guilty. The cause came on regularly for trial on March 24, 1926, which trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty as to the defendant Erlandson and a verdict of .guilty as to Jacobson, followed by the usual judgment of conviction. Thereafter Jacobson moved for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the court’s instruction No. A-l, which motion was overruled.

Jacobson has appealed…