Legal Opinion

Burden v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 10, 1904PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Indictment for unlawfully selling liquor. Before Judge Proffitt. City court of Elberton. March 5, 1904.-

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.

1. The special assignment of error that the evidence showed that the accused merely acted as the agent of the buyer in getting the whisky he was charged with unlawfully selling, and did not make a sale thereof or have any interest whatever in it, is embraced in the general grounds of the motion for a new trial, wherein complaint is made that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction.

2. The conviction can not be held to be contrary to the evidence, it appearing that a witness for the State testified that he gave to the accused a certain sum of money, and a short while…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mack v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

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