Wynn v. State
| Decision Date | 18 June 1914 |
| Docket Number | 231 |
| Citation | 11 Ala.App. 182,65 So. 687 |
| Parties | WYNN v. STATE. |
| Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
Rehearing Denied June 30, 1914
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County; M. Sollie, Judge.
Henderson Wynn was convicted of unlawfully selling whisky, and he appeals. Affirmed.
C.S McDowell, Jr., of Eufaula, for appellant.
R.C. Brickell, Atty. Gen., and W.L. Martin Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
The evidence afforded an inference for a finding by the jury that the defendant was making a sale or other unlawful disposition of the bottle of whisky at the time he delivered it to the man Columbus Martin, and also that the defendant kept this whisky in a building not used exclusively as a dwelling, for an illegal purpose. The evidence shows that the delivery of the whisky to Martin by the defendant was made from the defendant's blacksmith shop. Such a delivery is made prima facie evidence of a sale or other unlawful disposition. Act approved Aug. 25, 1909 (Acts 1909, pp. 63, 64) § 5. It was also shown by one phase of the evidence that the defendant had stored or kept the whisky in his blacksmith shop. Keeping prohibited liquor in such a place is made prima facie evidence that it is kept for sale or with the intent to sell contrary to law. Acts 1909, p. 64, § 4.
The charges requested by the defendant were properly refused, as it was open to the jury, under the statutory provisions declaring what shall be prima facie evidence in such a case to find the defendant guilty of the charge preferred on either the theory that he made an unlawful disposition of the prohibited liquor, or that he kept it for an illegal purpose.
It is contended that, because of the positive nature of the evidence offered by the defendant in rebuttal of the evidence made prima facie sufficient to support a verdict of guilty the defendant was entitled to have given the general charge requested in his behalf. The statutes cited in the first paragraph of this opinion make the proof of certain facts evidence of certain other facts--not conclusive evidence, but prima facie, which is sufficient to authorize a conviction unless overcome by counter or contradicting evidence. The rebutting evidence does not destroy or nullify the presumption arising out of the proven facts, and itself made an evidential fact for consideration by the jury, but leaves the question for the determination of the jury under all of the circumstances. 16...
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