State v. Lister

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Arthur Lister appeals from a conviction on a charge of having intoxicating liquor in his possession. His contention is that the evidence did not sustain the verdict. There was testimony tending to show these facts:

A resident of Soldier bought a bottle of whisky at night of a man who drove him to a point about half a mile west of that town, got out of the car, went through a hole in the hedge alongside the road and came back with the bottle. The sheriff the same night got the bottle and part of the liquor from him. He told the sheriff where he…