McCarty v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for possessing intoxicating liquor; from Wilkes superior court — Judge Shurley. January 24, 1922. McCarty was convicted of having possession of intoxicating liquor.
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Indictment for possessing intoxicating liquor; from Wilkes superior court — Judge Shurley. January 24, 1922. McCarty was convicted of having possession of intoxicating liquor. It was testified by Sturdivant that at the house of Aaron Mills, who was having a barbecue, between twelve and one o’clock at night, McCarty was present with a number of other persons, and when the witness entered the house a man standing in front of McCarty was drinking out of a cup, and, on seeing the witness, he set the cup down, grabbed from McCarty’s hand a fruit jar about half full of “ some liquid that looked…
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
The evidence adduced upon the trial being insufficient to authorize the defendant’s conviction, it was error to overrule his motion for a new trial.
■Judgment reversed.
Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
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