State v. Gorse
State v. Gorse
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
There was sufficient evidence in the case for the jury to determine whether the liquor was legally obtained for an illegal purpose, or whether the liquor was illegally obtained for a legal purpose. The jury found the defendant guilty on the ■ evidence submitted by the State. The defendant made no effort to contradict or explain, introduced no evidence at all. Under the evidence there is ample evidence to sustain the verdict, under the authority of State v. Rookard, 87 S. C. 442, 69 S. E. 1076; State v. Green, 89 S. C. 132, 71 S. C. 847. This exception is overruled.
The' remaining assignments of error were withdrawn at the hearing of the case in this Court.
Judgment affirmed.
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- STATE v. GORSE
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- Intoxicating Liquors- — ’Prosecutions — Evidence — Direction op Verdict. — Where, in a prosecution for unlawfully storing contraband liquor, there was sufficient evidence for the jury to determine whether the liquor was legally obtained by defendant for an illegal purpose, or whether it was illegally obtained for a legal purpose, the Court properly refused to direct a verdict of “not guilty,” on the ground that the evidence failed to show that the liquor was contraband, and that the possession and storing were unlawful and illegal.