Hanger v. State

This prosecution is based upon §1, ch. 250 of the acts of 1921. See Acts 1921 p. 736. The prosecution was commenced by affidavit in one count in which it is charged that “on or about the 17th day of January, 1923, in the county of Crawford, State of Indiana, Ben Hanger, late of said county and state, did then and there possess intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale, barter, exchange, to give away, furnish and otherwise dispose of.”

The appellant waived arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty and the case proceeded to trial before a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as…