Smith v. State

The accused was convicted of having and keeping on hand intoxicating liquors at his place of business, and excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The chief contention of counsel for the plaintiff in error is that the evidence demanded a verdict of not guilty. Taking the evidence most strongly for the State, as it must be taken in this court, the facts were as follows : The accused was in possession of four rooms, all under one roof and referred to in the evidence as rooms A, B, C, and D. A was a front room, in which the accused conducted a grocery business. In the rear of A…