Iova v. State

Rice, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

Mike Iova, the plaintiff in error, was charged by the indictment with unlawfully having in his possession in Wilmington Hundred (City of Wilmington), New Castle County, more than one quart of spirituous liquor, to wit, 3j/£ quarts of alcohol, and upon trial by the Court of General Sessions was found guilty. After his conviction, he obtained from this Court a writ of error. The only specification relied upon is: That the Court below erred in refusing tó instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, as prayed by the plaintiff in error.

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