Case Name: LAMB v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-01-11
Citations: 36 Ga. App. 306
Docket Number: 17773
Parties: LAMB v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 306–307

Head Matter:
17773.
LAMB v. THE STATE.
Decided January 11, 1927.
Price, Spivey & Edenfield, for plaintiff in error.
I. W. Rountree, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
Lamb was convicted of violation of the prohibition statute. The State proved that in his horse lot, in a dugout covered over by a locked plank door, was found, freshly buried in the ground, inore than sixty gallons of "liquor." The defendant, in his statement at the trial, said that he had used this place for storing "liquor," but had not so used it for a long time, — not since they found ninety gallons of "liquor" there had he so used it; that some one else had stored it there. There was no denial that the storage place was owned and controlled by the defendant. The contention that there was no proof that the "liquor," contained in glass jars and kegs, was intoxicating is controlled by Smith v. State, 17 Ga. App. 118 (86 S. E. 283), and cases cited. There was ample evidence to authorize conviction; and when the charge of the court is read in its entirety, there is no merit in the assign ment of error upon the excerpt from the charge. The assignment .of error upon the court's refusal to continue the case is also without merit. The defendant has had a fair trial, and for no reason pointed out did the court err in overruling the motion .fot a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, C. J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.