State v. Hancock

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Ripley County, it is charged that appellant "did unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously transport hootch, moonshine, corn whiskey." Upon trial, the jury found him "guilty of possessing moonshine liquor, as charged in the information," and assessed his punishment at a fine of $500. From the judgment and sentence based on this verdict, he appealed. (Above italics ours.)

In substance, the evidence offered by the State shows that, about ten o'clock on the evening of March 13, 1927, appellant drove a Ford car "in from the west" and parked the car "in…