Ford v. State
Ford v. State
Opinion of the Court
— Appellant was convicted on the charge that at Marion county, Indiana, he unlawfully kept and manufactured liquor, to wit, whisky, etc., with intent to sell, barter, exchange, give away, furnish and otherwise dispose of the same to persons within this state. The only error assigned is the overruling of the]motion for a new trial, which motion contained only the specifications that the finding and decision was not sustained by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law.
The state introduced evidence that on Sunday, March 28, 1920, Albert Paris entered defendant’s dwelling in the city of Indianapolis, in said county, and came out five minutes later with a half-pint bottle of “white mule” whisky in his pocket; that the police officers then entered defendant’s house and found a quart bottle, which contained a half-pint of whisky, in a kitchen
The statute makes it unlawful to keep any intoxicating liquor with intent to “furnish or otherwise dispose of the same,” except as by law provided, as well as making it unlawful to keep it with intent to sell it. §4, Acts 1917 p. 15, §8356a et seq. Burns’ Supp. 1918.
Keeping the jug of whisky for which appellant and Paris had each paid half of the purchase price, with intent to “furnish” whisky therefrom to Paris as he called for it, as shown by giving Paris two drinks the first time he called, and a half-pint the second time, and
Therefore it is not necessary to decide whether the evidence was sufficient to prove appellant guilty of violation of the other provisions of the statute.
Judgment affirmed.
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