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23 Ala. App. 109

121 So 906

Horton v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 19, 1929

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1929-03-19

Relies on 20 Ala. App. 62 - Wilson v. State

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Decided 1929-03-19

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently March 2010

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RIGE; J.

¶1 Appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully having in his possession a still, etc., to he used for the purpose of manufacturing or distilling prohibited liquors or beverages, etc.

¶2 We have carefully read the entire evidence and are of the opinion that under the rule laid down in the case of Wilson v. State, 20 Ala. App. 62, 100 So. 914, it made a case proper to he submitted to the jury, in the first instance, on the question of whether or not the articles found were of the kind denounced by law and were in the possession of the appellant for the purposes charged in the second count of the indictment — on which count he was, by the jury, found guilty. The general affirmative charge for the defendant should never be given, if there is any legal evidence, no matter how slight, tending to support the proper allegations made against him. In passing upon the propriety vel non of the refusal of such charge, under such circumstances, the weight and sufficiency of the evidence are not to he considered, either by the lower court, or this court; those matters are, on such consideration, solely for the jury.

¶3 We find nowhere any prejudicial error, and the judgment is affirmed.

¶4 Affirmed.

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