Alabama Court of Appeals, 1929

Byrd v. State

Byrd v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals · Decided June 25, 1929 · Samford
123 So. 924; 23 Ala. App. 613 (Southern Reporter)

Byrd v. State

Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, J.

Defendant was convicted on a charge of unlawfully possessing a still. The corpus delicti was proven, but there is no evidence connecting this defendant with the possession of the still. The defendant was entitled to the general affirmative charge. Clark v. State, 18 Ala. App. 217, 90 So. 16; Koonce v. State, 18 Ala. App. 438, 93 So. 214; Knight v. State, 19 Ala. App. 296, 97 So. 163.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

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