Hancock v. State

The plaintiffs in error were jointly charged, tried, and convicted on a charge of unlawful possession of 3 pints of whisky, and in accordance with the verdicts they were each sentenced to confinement in the county jail for 30 days and to pay a fine of $300. To reverse the judgments they appeal, and assign as error that the trial court erred in admitting incompetent evidence over the objections of the defendant, and in refusing to strike such evidence, and that the verdicts returned by the jury are contrary to both the law and the evidence, and not supported by either.

The state relied for this…