Pirkle v. State

1. In this State the husband is recognized by law as the head of his family, and, where he and his wife reside together, the legal presumption is that the house and all the household effects, including any intoxicating liquors, belong to the husband as the head-of the family. This presumption of course is rebuttable. Young v. State, 22 Ga. App. 111 (95 S. E. 478) ; Hendrix v. State, 24 Ga. App. 56 (100 S. E. 55) ; Isom v. State, 32 Ga. App. 75 (122 S. E. 722). Under the foregoing ruling and the facts of the instant case, the legal presumption arose that the whisky found in the defendant’s…