Silva v. State

Plaintiff in error was tried and convicted on an information which charged that he, Massa Silva, did unlawfully have possession of one quart of whisky with the intention of selling the same, and, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, he was, on the 14th day of May, 1913, sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and be confined in the county jail for a period of 30 days. He appeals from the judgment.

Several assignments of error relate to rulings of the court in the admission of evidence, some of which are not destitute of merit, but the only question which we think it necessary to con sider is the…