Supreme Court of Georgia, 1906

Springfield v. State

Springfield v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided May 11, 1906 · Atkinson
125 Ga. 281; 54 S.E. 172; 1906 Ga. LEXIS 133

Springfield v. State

Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

On the trial of one charged with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor, where the evidence submitted by the State tends to show that the defendant was the seller, and the defendant in his statement claims that he was not the seller but was the agent óf the purchaser, and, as such agent, bought the liquor from another person in a county where the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited, it is not error for .the court in its charge to state, in effect, that-the evidence shows an illegal sale of liquor, and that the only question is whether the defendant sold the liquor. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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