Legal Opinion

Sales v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 15, 1942No. 8 Div. 308PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Judge.

The defendant was convicted in a dry county of possessing prohibited liquor, contrary to law.

There were only two witnesses, both for the State, and it is contended for appellant that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

Briefly, the evidence was: Defendant was operating a restaurant in Morgan (a dry) County and gave her employee, one Shelton, some money, and instructed said Shelton to proceed to Cullman (a wet) County and purchase some State store whiskey. Defendant instructed Shelton not to go to the bus station on the return trip, but to get off at some other…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  2. Crawley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Gratton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  5. Hall v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Rutland v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Yates v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Lee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  5. Terry v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947

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