Case Name: JONES v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1941-09-12
Citations: 65 Ga. App. 761
Docket Number: 29053
Parties: JONES v. THE STATE.
Judges: MacIntyre and) Gardner, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 761–762

Head Matter:
29053.
JONES v. THE STATE.
Decided September 12, 1941.
G. G. Battle, for plaintiff in error.
Bond Almand, solicitor,' John A. Boykin, solicitor-general, Bur-wood T. Eye, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
Georgia Jones was convicted, in the criminal court of Fulton County, of the offense of possessing two gallons of non-taxpaid whisky. Her certiorari was overruled by a judge of' the superior court, and she excepted to that judgment. George W. Slate, a city policeman, was the only witness in the case, and his-testimony is set out in paragraph 5 of the petition for certiorari as follows: "That he along with other officers went to 702 DeKalbAvenue and found the defendant and others at the house. That the house had a hall running from the front to the rear. There-were rooms on either side of the hall. That on the left side of the-hall in the fireplace or chimney they found two gallons of non-tax-paid whisky which did not bear the revenue stamps required by the-revenue act of Georgia as provided in such eases. That so far as-he knew others besides the defendant lived in the house." The-trial judge, in his untraversed and unexcepted-to answer, made the-following statement: "Respondent admits that the testimony set-out in paragraph 5 of the petition is substantially as delivered on-the trial of the ease, with the following qualifications and exceptions: Officer Slate further testified in the case that the place-where the two gallons of whisky were found was in Fulton County, Georgia, on the 2nd day of August, 1940; that the whisky was found in a smokestack in the fireplace, and that the defendant told' officer Slate where it was and further stated to him that it was her whisky; and that it was found in the house where she lived." No-witness testified for the defendant, but she stated "that she did not know anything about the whisky; that it was not hers; that others-lived in the house, and that she was not guilty." The evidence-authorized her conviction, and the overruling of the certiorari was-not error.
Judgment affirmed.
MacIntyre and) Gardner, JJ., concur.