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Ozur v. Commonwealth

J. Ozur v. Commonwealth

Ozur v. Commonwealth, 110 S.E. 870 (Va. 1922)
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Court
Supreme Court of Virginia · State Highest Courts
Decided
March 16, 1922
Judges
Prentis
Citations
110 S.E. 870132 Va. 7691922 Va. LEXIS 75
Disposition
Affirmed.
Syllabus
Intoxicating Liquors—Storing Liquors—Sufficiency of Evidence.— Accused was found guilty of storing intoxicating liquors for sale. Evidence for the Commonwealth showed that one gallon of whiskey was found in the store of accused, concealed under the counter, with a glass having the odor of whiskey, indicating recent use. Two and one-half gallons more of whiskey were found in a warehouse on the same premises. Held: That there was sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury.
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Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth.

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Opinion of the Court — Prentis

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Prentis, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The accused has been found guilty of storing intoxicating liquor for sale.

He assigns as error the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict as based upon insufficient evidence.

*770 It is unnecessary to say more than that the testimony introduced for the Commonwealth shows that one gallon of whiskey wias found in his store, concealed under the counter, with a glass having the odor of whiskey and indicating recent use, either on the counter or under it, and two and one-half gallons more in a warehouse on the same premises, which were controlled by him as a tenant.

It is unnecessary to recite the evidence in detail, but our judgment is that the jury were justified in discrediting his attempts to relieve himself of the presumption of guilt ¡arising out of these facts, and therefore the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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