State v. Chastian
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Oconee, July, 1896. Indictment against Anderson Chastian for unlawfully storing and keeping alcoholic contraband liquor. Defendant was convicted, and appeals. The trial Judge charged the jury as follows: The indictment is for storing and keeping in possession alcoholic liquors. The law is so plain that I don’t see that I need detain you about it. It is written in black and white.
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Before Townsend, J., Oconee, July, 1896. Indictment against Anderson Chastian for unlawfully storing and keeping alcoholic contraband liquor. Defendant was convicted, and appeals. The trial Judge charged the jury as follows: The indictment is for storing and keeping in possession alcoholic liquors. The law is so plain that I don’t see that I need detain you about it. It is written in black and white. If a man undertakes to keep liquor, it must have the stamp of the state commissioner. If he is going to keep dispensary liquor, it is usually bought in dispensary packages, and has the stamps on…
1Opinion of the Court
The first opinion was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
Under an indictment charging that the defendant, on the 15th day of June, 1896, “did unlawfully store and keep in possession, within this State, certain alcoholic contraband liquor, to wit: about two and one-half gallons of corn whiskey, which is used as a beverage, against the form of the act,” &c., the defendant was found guilty, and sentenced “to pay a fine of $100, or be held to labor upon the public works of Oconee County for a period of three months, or be confined in the State penitentiary, at hard labor, for a period of three…
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