Thompson v. State

Acts merely preparatory to tlie commission of quasi-criminal acts such as, if completed, would subject an automobile to condemnation under the Code of 1933, § 58-207, are not sufficient to evoke the penalties of the statute. Groves v. State, 116 Ga. 516 (42 S. E. 755, 59 L. R. A. 598); Armington v. State, 24 Ga. App. 75, 79-80 (100 S. E. 15); Coffee v. State, 39 Ga. App. 664 (148 S. E. 303). Where in such a condemnation proceeding the only evidence as to any actual use of the automobile to convey alcoholic liquors was that it was standing still in a private way near a residence where…