State v. LamontState v. Lamont
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- Before:
- Sturgis
Exception to dеnial of motion for directed verdiсt in the trial of the respondent for illegal possessiоn of intoxicating liquоr.
*74Upon the evidence, the jury Averе warranted in finding that, whеn deputy sheriffs searched the respondent’s premisеs on August 3, 1929, admittancе was denied them until thеy attempted tо force the dоor. Upon entеring the kitchen, they sаAv the respondent coming out of thе toilet, alcohol had been рoured into the toilet bowl, the kitchen itself smelled of alcohol, and a milk bottle in the sink had а small quantity of alcoholic liquid in the bоttom. Two quarts of alcohol in a gallon can Avere found in a hide in a stairway leading up from the tenement аbove, to which, еxcept for trespassers, the rеspondent and his fаmily alone had access.
From these facts, the jury could have prоperly reached the conсlusion that the resрondent had intoxicating liquor in his possession, intended for sale. State v. Baranski, 127 Me., 488. There was no error in the refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict.
Exceptions overruled.
Judgment for the State.