Georgia Court of Appeals, 1936

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided October 23, 1936 · Guerry
54 Ga. App. 415; 187 S.E. 894; 1936 Ga. App. LEXIS 607

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

Guerry, J.

The defendant had owned and operated a tourist camp for only a few days when officers, upon a search of the entire premises, discovered “two partially filled cases of red bottled-in-bond whisky” in the loft to one of the cottages. When the officers were about to crawl up into the loft from the ear-shed which adjoined the cottage, the defendant said: “If you will not search up there I will make it interesting for you.” Held, that this evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant had guilty knowledge of the presence of the whisky on premises owned by him, and was therefore sufficient to uphold a verdict finding him guilty of possessing liquor. See Ransom v. State, 2 Ga. App. 826 (2) (59 S. E. 101) ; Taylor v. State, 135 Ga. 622 (70 S. E. 237). The judge did not err in overruling the motion for new trial, based only on the general grounds.

Judgment affirmed'.

Broyles, C. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.

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