Newton v. State

106 So. 889, 21 Ala. App. 209, 1926 Ala. App. LEXIS 22

• Court: Alabama Court of Appeals
• Decided: January 12, 1926
• Docket: 5 Div. 545.
• Status: Published

Opinion

BRICKEN, P. J.

Under an indictment containing two counts, this defendant was convicted; the jury returned a general verdict of “guilty as charged in the indictment.”' The offenses charged were the unlawful possession of a still; etc., and the distilling, making, or manufacturing alcoholic, spirituous, malted, or mixed liquors or beverages a part of which was alcohol. lie was duly sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of imprisonment in the penitentiary and appealed from the judgment of conviction.

No exception was reserved to any ruling of the court pending the trial. The affirmative charge was requested and refused. This, together with the action of the court in overruling the motion for a new trial, are the only questions presented for our consideration.

Under the evidence the defendant was not entitled to the general affirmative charge. The state by its witness Childress offered direct evidence tending to establish every element of each of the offenses charged in the indictment. The defendant proved a good character by several witnesses and denied in toto every statement made by the witness Childress. This conflict in the evidence constituted a question for the determination of the jury, and the court was without authority to direct a verdict.

Nothing was offered upon the motion for a new trial which would have justified the court in granting the motion. It was properly overruled. No error appears on the record ; therefore the judgment of conviction in the lower court is affirmed.

Affirmed.