Case Name: Walker v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1956-03-14
Citations: 93 Ga. App. 540
Docket Number: 36088
Parties: Walker v. The State.
Judges: Gardner, P. J., and Townsend, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 540–540

Head Matter:
36088.
Walker v. The State.
Decided March 14, 1956.
Stafford B. Brooke, for plaintiff in error.
Erwin Mitchell, Solicitor-General, contra.

Opinion:
Carlisle, J.
Where, upon the trial of one charged with possessing non-tax-paid whisky, it appears from the evidence that one of the arresting officers found two pints of'non-tax-paid whisky in a pair of overalls in a room where the accused was accustomed to sleep and that at the time of its discovery the defendant admitted to the officer that the non-tax-paid whisky belonged to him, a verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged, is authorized by the evidence, and it is not error for the trial court to deny a motion for a new trial in such a case based solely on the general grounds. Bryant v. State, 26 Ga. App. 611 (106 S. E. 797); Lastinger v. State, 84 Ga. App. 760, 762 (2) (67 S. E. 2d 411).
Judgment affirmed.
Gardner, P. J., and Townsend, J., concur.