Minhinnett v. State

On July 29, 1897, the grand jury of Floyd county returned a special presentment against E. R. Minhinnett, charging that he did, on the second day of April, 1897, commit the •offense of selling liquor without a license. To this presentment •the accused filed a plea of not guilty, and the case came on for ■trial on September 23, 1898, in the city court of Floyd county. Upon the trial one witness testified that the offense was committed “some time in August or September of last year, 1897 and another witness testified that he did not recollect the date of the alleged sale, “but it was last year…