Porter v. State

BETHEA, Judge. —

The appellant was convicted for unlawfully possessing mash, material and supplies for the manufacture of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors capable of producing intoxication, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentary for two years.

The case was tried before the Honorable J. M. Melson. There is in the record a statement of facts and one bill of exception approved long afterwards by Grover Sellers, successor to the said J. M. Melson.

Under the statute, only the judge who tried a criminal case is authorized to approve the bill of exception and statement of…