Freeman v. State

In order to authorize a conviction in this case, it must appear that the whisky in’ question was found in the actual or constructive possession of the defendant. There is no evidence of the defendant’s posses*760sion of the whisky, unless it appear from the evidence that the rule in Isom v. State, 32 Ga. App. 75 (122 S. E. 722), is applicable to this case. Briefly, the rule in the Isom case is that,, as between the head of a family and members of his family who reside together, the head of the family is presumed to be in possession of the house, the premises, upon which they reside, and all the…