Barnett v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Garfield county on a charge of selling a pint of spiritu ous liquor, sentenced to confinement in the county jail for a period of 30 days and to pay a fine of $50,

The conviction rests on the evidence of one B. E. Slagel, who testified that he had been employed to procure evidence against persons suspected of violating the liquor law. Under the evidence, he is discredited and would appear to be hardly worthy of belief. But since the credibility of the witnesses and the weight and value to be given their…