Legal Opinion

State v. Rookard

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 20, 1911No. 7762PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Before W. B. Gruber, Special Judge, Spartanburg, July, 1910. Indictment against Elias Rookard for unlawfully keeping in possession liquo'rs. Defendant appeals from sentence. cites : Keeping liquors in possession is contrary to statute: 39 S. C. 151; 24 S. C. 593.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The defendant was convicted and sentenced under the following count of an indictment charging violations of the liquor law of the 'State. • “That on the 11th of January, in the year 1910, Elias Rookard, in the county and State aforesaid, did wilfully and unlawfully receive and accept for unlawful use, and did store and keep in his possession, certain spirituous, malt, vinous, or fermented, brewed or other liquors, to wit: alcoholic or intoxicating liquors, which contained alcohol and are used as a beverage, against the form of the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Atkinson v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  2. City of Anderson v. FantSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  3. State v. HarleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
  4. State v. BurnsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
  5. State v. GoreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917

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