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Carrington v. StateCarrington v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
May 18, 1916
7225
Reporters:
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Before:
Wade
Wade, J.

1. The accusation contained two distinct counts, one for selling liquor, and the other ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‍for keeping liquor at the defendant’s place of business; and the jury found a general verdict of guilty. The evidence supported the first count, but failed to support the ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‍second count, inasmuch as it appears therefrom that the intoxicating liquor discovered in the possession of the defendant, whose business was that of a mail-carrier, was found in a ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‍room in his dwelling-house, to which the general public apparently had no access, and which had no connection with his occupation as mail-carrier or with any other business ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‍conducted by him. The court therefore erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. Tooke v. State, 4 Ga. App. 495 (3), 502 (61 S. E. 917); Dozier v. State, 14 Ga. App. 473 (81 S. E. 368).

2. There is ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‍no substantial merit in the assignments of error not covered by the foregoing ruling. Judgment reversed,.

Case Details

Case Name: Carrington v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: May 18, 1916
Citations: 18 Ga. App. 105; 88 S.E. 915; 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 143; 7225
Docket Number: 7225
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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