Mulling v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for selling liquor; from Jefferson superior court-judge Hardeman. December 18, 1915. '
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. Evidence on the trial of one charged with selling intoxicating liquor that he received money with the request to procure whisky for another person, and thereafter delivered whisky to that person, authorized the inference that the defendant sold the whisky, and the onus was upon him to explain where, how, and from whom he got it. See Langston v. Hazlehurst, 9 Ga. App. 449 (71 S. E. 592); Gaskins v. State, 127 Ga. 51 (55 S. E. 1045). The defendant’s statement at the trial, that he acted merely as agent for the purchaser, and obtained the whisky from another person mentioned, did not require…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gaskins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Langston v. City of HazlehurstCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Simpson v. Mayor of EastmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914