Abbott v. State

1. “The eighteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, and the national prohibition act, known as the Volstead act, do not supersede or abrogate the Georgia prohibition statute of March 28, 1917 (Act Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 7).” Cooley v. State, 152 Ga. 469, 471 (1) (110 S. E. 449). “The national prohibition law known as the Volstead act, when construed, as it must be, in the light of the eighteenth amendment, does not prohibit the possession ofUiquor or other intoxicants for the personal consumption of the .owner thereof, his family, and his bona fide guests; whereas our State…