Legal Opinion

Muzzall v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1956Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Prewitt

The defendant below Carrie Muzzall was convicted of the unlawful possession of whiskey with punishment fixed at a fine of $250 and a 90-day jail sentence.

The proof shows that the defendant was the operator of a tourist court near Paris. Sometime before the offense here involved the present offense being in August, 1955, her place was raided and whiskey found there as a result, and she was sentenced to a term in the county jail.

The 1955 charge, which is the present case, officers again raided this place, and found 379 half pints of liquor. Seven cases of this whiskey were found beneath the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Green v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Ambrester v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1937

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