Henson v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the district court of Cass County for manufacturing liquor and his punishment assessed at one year’s confinement in the penitentiary.

The appellant in this case admitted upon the stand, that he manufactured the whiskey in question, but contended that it was for medicinal purposes.

Complaint is made by the appellant to the action of the court in giving charge to the jury at the request of the State a special charge to the effect that the burden of proof was upon the defendant to show that he was manufacturing the whiskey in question…