Black v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, De Kalb County; W. W. Harralson, Judge. Bill by the State of Alabama to condemn one Ford automobile, because used in the transportation of prohibited liquor. From a decree of condemnation, Walter Black, claimant and owner, appeals. Counsel discuss the errors assigned, but cite no authority in support thereof. . No brief came to the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant’s Ford automobile was condemned because it had been used for the transportation of prohibited liquor in this state.
[1] The bill or petition averred that appellant’s automobile had been used by defendant “for the purpose unlawfully and illegally conveying or transporting prohibited liquors or beverages.” The statute (Acts 1915, pp. 1, 31) defines “prohibited liquors and beverages,” and we think the designation of the liquor charged to have been transported in appellant’s automobile was sufficient — not too general — notwithstanding the bill failed to aver whether it was spirituous,…
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