Riggs v. State

Able counsel for the plaintiff in error argues very earnestly and plausibly that the case at bar as to its facts and as to the law applicable thereto is controlled by the decision's in Brand v. State, 153 Ga. 639 (112 S. E. 829), Brand v. State, 28 Ga. App. 719 (113 S. E. 57), and Hutchinson v. State, 46 Ga. App. 219 (167 S. E. 205). We can not agree with this contention. Those eases differ from the instant case in two material particulars: first, the indictments in the cases cited alleged opiates, in addition to the intoxicating drinks; and second, the evidence does not reveal, in the cases…