State v. Batson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice FrasEr.

These three cases were heard together in this Court. The appellants were convicted of selling liquor. The only evidence against the appellants was the testimony of “specially employed State detectives, who went to the defendants under disguise and claimed to have purchased whiskey from them.”

1, 2 There is only one exception, and this exception questions the sufficiency of the testimony of a special detective to con vict the accused of the unlawful sale. We know of no binding authority that sustains appellants’ position. The only…