State v. . Winston

The special verdict seems to have been rendered on the theory that, as section 10 of the Turlington Act (ch. 1, Public Laws, 1923) sanctions or does not condemn the possession of liquor in one’s private dwelling, occupied and used only as such, for the personal consumption of the owner, his family residing in such dwelling, and bona fide guests when entertained by him therein, the Legislature did not intend, in the same act, to make its purchase or transportation unlawful when such liquor is to be used solely for the purpose allowed by the statute.

Without debating the question at this late…