Southern Express Co. v. State

The indictment was returned by the grand jury •of Brooks county jointly against H. J. Sandlin, a saloon proprietor, the Southern Express Company, a common carrier, and Hewitt, its agent at Dixie, Georgia, charging them with furnish*32ing or -causing to be furnished to one Curtis Crane, a minor, certain intoxicating liquors, without the mitten consent of,his parent or guardian. The case was transferred to the city court of Quitman, and the express company alone was put upon trial. Many exceptions of law are taken, but we think it is necessary to reverse the judgment for lack of evidence to…