Case Name: J. J. Boone v. The State of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-12-04
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 861
Docket Number: No. 17849
Parties: J. J. Boone v. The State of Ohio.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 861–862

Head Matter:
No. 17849
J. J. Boone v. The State of Ohio.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Hardin county.
(Case filed Feb. 8, 1923.)
225. INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
State courts take, judicial notice of regulations of Prohibition Commissioner — Permit liquors not to be isolated — 294. PETITION ON ERROR. Statutory limitation for civil actions does not apply to criminal. Sections 11564 and 13680 apply only to trial courts — INTENT, not an element of offense of unlawful possession under 6212-15 GC.'

Opinion:
ALLEN, J.
1. The state court will take judicial notice of regulations made by the Commissioner of Prohibition and issued by the United States Treasury Department.
2. Under the provisions of the Volstead1 Act, to the effect that every permit to sell and use intoxicating liquor for other than beverage purposes shall give the name and address of the person to whom it is issued, and shall designate and limit the acts that are permitted, and the time when and place where such acts are to be performed, it is unlawful to keep liquor covered by such permit in a place different from the place where such liquor is to be sold or kept.
3. The statutory limitation for filing a petition in error to reverse a judgment in a civil action has no application to a criminal action.
4. Sections 11564 and 13680, General Code, apply only to trial courts.
5. Intent is not an 'element of the offense of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor within the meaning of Section 6212-15, General Code.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur.