Case Name: JOHN NOWLING v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1942-10-16
Citations: 151 Fla. 584
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHN NOWLING v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: BROWN, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 584–585

Head Matter:
JOHN NOWLING v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
10 So. (2nd) 130
Division B
October 16, 1942
Rehearing Denied November 13, 1942
W. W. Flournoy, for appellant.
J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, and Millard B. Conklin and Woodrow M. Melvin, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant was tried and convicted on an information charging him with unlawfully concealing one gallon of moonshine whiskey on which the tax was imposed by the Beverage Act of Florida, thereby in tending to defraud the State of Florida of such tax. He was sentenced to three years in the State penitentiary.
We do not think the information was sufficient, in that it does not allege that the tax had not been paid. We think the punishment imposed in view of the offense charged was contrary to Section Eight, Declaration of Rights, and some of the evidence should not have been admitted. For these reasons the judgment is reversed.
Reversed.
BROWN, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and THOMAS, JJ., concur.