Richards v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Jefferson County of possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

The evidence appearing in the statement of facts amply supports the judgment. There are a number of bills of exception in the record each of which has been carefully examined by us. Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are each qualified by the learned trial judge in such manner as that same presents no error. Bill of exception No. 1 complains of the testimony of G. R. Abney who testifies to certain actions of the appellant objected to because immaterial and irrelevant and not shown to have, any connection with the offense on trial. There is nothing in the bill of exceptions from which this court can determine the propriety of the objections made.

Bill of exceptions No. 8 complains of the overruling of the motion to quash. The motion is lengthy and seeks to call in question matters heretofore settled to the satisfaction of this court pertaining to the constitutionality of the Dean Law, its conflict with the Volstead act and with the Eighteenth Amendment, and that the Eighteenth Amendment was not properly adopted, etc., etc. The motion was properly overruled, and there is nothing in the bill.

There were three exceptions in writing to the charge, one for its failure to instruct a verdict of not guilty, another directed at the supposed failure of the court to instruct the jury as to the burden of proof, and another averring an incorrect application of the law to the facts. We do not think either contention sound. Complaint is made of the refusal of special charges each of which have been examined by us but we find ourselves unable to agree with appellant in either instance. We think the witness Pollock sufficiently qualified from his experience in the matter of handling and tasting whisky to be able to identify and testify to the contents of the jugs and containers in evidence.

Finding no error in the record, an affirmance will be ordered.

Affirmed.