Hennon v. State

The defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor under the act of 1938 (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1937-38, p. 103), in Eloyd, a dry county, of the offense of unlawfully having in his possession, custody, and control, on July 1, 1939, more than one quart of whisky. He excepted to the overruling of his motion for new trial based solely on the general grounds.

The evidence disclosed that on July 1, 1939, the defendant’s place of business in Floyd County, a dry county, was raided, and two four-fifths-of-a-quart bottles of whisky were found. It also appears from the evidence that on the first or second of…