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Brown v. State
28 Ga. App. 442
Ga. Ct. App.
1922
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Broyles, C. J.

1. Where any apparatus used to make whisky, or any part of such apparatus, is found in a person’s possession or control upon his premises, he may lawfully be convicted of knowingly having upon his premises an apparatus for the manufacturing and distilling of whisky; and in the instant case the court did not err in so charging. Strickland v. State, 25 Ga. App. 1 (102 S. E. 383).

2. There being direct evidence that some portions of an apparatus used to make whisky were found on the defendant’s premises, and that the premises were in his actual possession, his conviction did not depend entirely upon circumstantial evidence, and it was not error, in the absence of a timely and appropriate written request, for the court to omit to instruct the jury upon the law of circumstantial evidence.

3. These grounds of the motion for a new trial which are not' dealt with above show no material error.

4. The verdict was authorized by the evidence, and it was not error for any reason assigned to overrule the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Brown v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Apr 11, 1922
Citation: 28 Ga. App. 442
Docket Number: 13215
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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