Hutcheson v. State

Nov 17, 1925
4 Div. 126.
Reporters:
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Before:
Samford
SAMFORD, J.

Defendant was indicted and tried jointly with his wife on a ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‍charge of possessing less than a quart of whisky. Both were convicted, but only this defendant appeals. There was no sufficient evidence to ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‍connect this appellant with the possession of the bottle of whisky found in the actual possession of the codefendant. This appellant was not even present, and ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‍is not shown to have known of the existence of the whisky. This appellant was entitled to the general charge. Oldacre v. State, 16 ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‍Ala. App. 151, 75 So. 827; Ammons v. State, 20 Ala. App. 283, 101 So. 511; Strickland v. State, 20 Ala. App. 600, 104 So. 351.

For the error ‍​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‍pointed out, the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.