Graves v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Graves v. State

192 S.E. 656, 56 Ga. App. 379, 1937 Ga. App. LEXIS 364

Court of Appeals of Georgia·Decided September 9, 1937·No. 26402·Published

Opinion

MacIntyre, J.

The jury was warranted in concluding from the evidence and the defendant’s statement that three witnesses went to a garage temporarily controlled by the defendant, and saw him pouring intoxicating liquor from a jug into a sink in the garage, and that they procured about a half-gallon of the liquor. The evidence supports the verdict of guilty of possessing intoxicating liquor, and the court did not [380] err in overruling tlie motion for new trial containing only the usual general grounds.

Decided September 9, 1937. D. W. Mitchell, for plaintiff in error. J. H. Paschall, solicitor-general, contra.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, O. J., and Guerry, J., oonour.

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MacIntyre, J.

The jury was warranted in concluding from the evidence and the defendant’s statement that three witnesses went to a garage temporarily controlled by the defendant, and saw him pouring intoxicating liquor from a jug into a sink in the garage, and that they procured about a half-gallon of the liquor. The evidence supports the verdict of guilty of possessing intoxicating liquor, and the court did not [380] err in overruling tlie motion for new trial containing only the usual general grounds.

Decided September 9, 1937. D. W. Mitchell, for plaintiff in error. J. H. Paschall, solicitor-general, contra.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, O. J., and Guerry, J., oonour.

Graves v. State, 192 S.E. 656, 56 Ga. App. 379, 1937 Ga. App. LEXIS 364 (Ga. Ct. App. 1937).

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