State v. Green

The opinion- of the Court was delivered; by

Mr. Justice Hydrick.

The appellant was convicted on an indictment charging that he “did unlawfully accept, receive, store and keep in possession” alcoholic liquors contrary to the statute. He admitted having liquor in his possession, but claimed that he had it only for his- own personal use. He requested the Court to charge the jury that the term “storing and keeping in possession” used in the statute involves the idea of continuity or habit. The Court charged that that was correct under the old dispensary law, when the State engaged in the sale of…