State v. Evans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The defendant was convicted of being a persistent violator of the intoxicating-liquor law, and appeals.

The defendant contends that the court erred in its refusal to grant a new trial because the verdict was contrary to the evidence. There was evidence that one Jim Zimmett operated a garage in Kinsley; that he rented out cars, sometimes acting as driver; that'the defendant hired Zimmett to drive him (the defendant) to the home of one Peter Wolf, in Rush county, about sixty miles north of Kinsley. They were at the Wolf place about two hours…