Norton v. State

Plaintiff in error Virgil Norton, hereinafter called the defendant, was indicted on 3 separate charges for possessing intoxicating liquor, was convicted on each indictment and was sentenced to serve 6 months in the county workhouse but in 2 of the cases the sentences were suspended during good behavior; he was also fined $150 in each case.

The brief of the Attorney General succinctly states the questions raised as follows:(1) The evidence preponderates against the verdict and in favor of the innocence of the accused in that the whiskey found by the officers was not in the defendant’s *658home but…