McComb City v. Hill

Citations

• 100 Miss. 193
• 56 So. 346

Syllabus

<p>Keeping Intoxicating Liquors for Sale. Evidence. Code 1906, sections 1797 and 3410. Laws 1910, chapter 114.</p> <p>In a prosecution under Code 1906, section 1797, as amended by Laws of 1910, chapter 114, making it unlawful for any person to have in his possession any intoxicating liquors with the intent to sell or give away the same in yiolátion of the law which statute was made an ordinance of the municipality by the action of the municipal authorities, proceeding under section 3410, Code of 1906. Where the only evidence against defendant was that he had fifty-seven half pints of whiskey in a valise and a corkscrew attached to each bottle, and while walking on the street with this valise he saw an officer and turned as if to run. Held, that such evidence alone was wholly insufficient to warrant a conviction.</p>