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  "name": "Mitchell v. State",
  "name_abbreviation": "Mitchell v. State",
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    "judges": [
      "Justices Humphreys, Kirby and Mehaffy dissent."
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        "text": "McHaney, J.\nAppellant was convicted on an information charging, in the language of the statute, a violation of \u00a7 6171, C. & M. Digest, which is as follows: \u201cIt shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to- receive for storage, distribution, or on consignment, for another, the liquors mentioned in \u00a7 6165 of this act, or any of them, or any other liquors, bitters or drinks prohibited by the laws of this State- to be sold, bartered or otherwise disposed of in this State.\u201d He was sentenced to- pay a fine of $100.\nThe evidence shows that the officers found about four gallons of'liquor in appellant\u2019s barn, in Ball Brand fruit jars, and some in a tin can. The evidence wholly fails to establish where the liquor came from, who brought it there, if anybody, or that the appellant was engaged in the liquor business. We find it necessary therefore to construe the above statute, and to determine whether, under the evidence in this case, there is sufficient proof to sustain a conviction under said act.\nCounsel for appellant contends, and we agree with him in this contention, \u201cthat it must be -shown by the evidence that the liquor was received for one -or all of the purposes set forth in the above act, that is, to constitute a violation of this act the liquor must be received for storage for another, distribution for another, or on consignment for another. \u2019 \u2019\nThe above statute is \u00a7 7 of act 13 of the Acts of 1917, p-age 41. It will be noticed that there is a comma following the word \u201cconsignment\u201d and a comma after the word \u201canother,\u201d both in the Digest and in the act as printed in the Acts of 1917. By all rules of grammar or punctuation, this phrase, \u201cfor another,\u201d modifies and limits the three words preceding it, designating the purposes for which it is unlawful to receive the liquor, and means the same tiling as if the act had read \u201cthat it shall he unlawful for any person * * \u2019* to receive for storage for another, distribution for another, or on consignment for another, the liquors mentioned,\u201d etc. In other words,, it was the purpose of this section of the act to make it unlawful to do any of these things as the agent or bailee for another. By \u00a7 5 of the same act it was made unlawful \u201cto store, keep, possess or have in possession * * * any of the liquors\u201d in certain places, such as fruit stands, restaurants, stores, drugstores, clubs, etc. It was not made unlawful by that section for a person to store, keep, possess or have in possession any liquor, in his barn, unless it be a livery stable or public place. Another section of the statute makes it unlawful to possess liquor for sale or to sell it, or to transport it, but the clear purpose of this statute, as we view it, was to prohibit the receiving of liquor in the capacity of bailee or agent for another for storage, distribution, or on consignment.\nWe do not think this court held to the contrary iu the case of Rogers v. State, 133 Ark. 85, 201 S. W. 845, or Sheridan v. State, 159 Ark. 604, 252 S. W. 579.\nIn the Bogers case it was contended that the indictment was void for duplicity and uncertainty, and that the evidence was insufficient, but this court held that it only charged one offense. It was there said:\n\u201cThe indictment followed the language of the statute, and, inasmuch as it charged only one offense, to-wit, the unlawful receiving of the prohibited liquors, it was sufficient. Nor was the offense one that might be committed in three different wa}rs, as contended by counsel for the appellant. The offense could be committed in only one way, to-wit, by the act of unlawfully receiving the liquors. The words \u2018 storage, distribution, or on consignment\u2019 only indicated the different purposes for which the liquor might be received. The offense is complete when the liquor is received for any or all of these purposes. It was not error to charge the purpose for which the liquor was received in the disjunctive instead of the conjunctive, as the proof of any or all would not change the nature of the offense. As above stated, there is but a single offense under this indictment, and it is wholly immaterial whether the purpose be for storage, distribution or consignment; the penalty is the same, regardless of which one of the purposes the receiver of the liquor may have in mind.\u201d\nIn that case, in addition to finding a quantity of liquor, they found a number of containers that had been cleaned as thoug\u2019h they were ready to be filled, a funnel, and some empty jugs. Other witnesses testified to taking several gallons of whiskey to appellant\u2019s house in jugs and cans. The court there held this testimony sufficient to sustain a conviction under the above statute. But the exact question now presented, was not raised in that case, that is, whether the unlawful receiving of the liquors for storage, distribution or on consignment must be for another. Hence there is a total lack of evidence that appellant received the liquor from any other person, for storage, distribution or on consignment for another. The proof, so far as this record discloses, shows only possession by the appellant, and that not in a prohibited place. There is no law in this State . against the mere possession of alcoholic liquors, except in certain prohibited places, and we therefore concur with counsel for appellant in the view that the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the verdict. For this reason the cause will be reversed, and remanded for a new trial.\nJustices Humphreys, Kirby and Mehaffy dissent.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "McHaney, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Fred M. Pickens, for appellant.",
      "H. W. Applegate, Attorney General, and John L. Carter, Assistant, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Mitchell v. State.\nOpinion delivered December 10, 1928.\nFred M. Pickens, for appellant.\nH. W. Applegate, Attorney General, and John L. Carter, Assistant, for appellee."
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