Donahue v. State

BY THE COURT

In the original prohibition law the giving away or possession of intoxicating liquor was denounced generally as an offense, but part of Section 6212-14 GC provided that in the interpretation of that act

“The terms ‘give away’ and ‘possess’ shall not apply to intoxicating liquor in a bona fide private dwelling.”

It is unquestionably true that the possession proved against Donahue was not an offense under the law as originally passed containing the foregoing interpretation. Later, however, the general assembly passed what is now Section 6212-27 GC by which it limited and defined the…