State v. Milstead

Information was filed in the Circuit Court of Daviess County, charging defendant Willard Milstead,- Allen Ayers and Harry Noah, with unlawful manufacture of hootch, moonshine, corn whiskey. Noah absconded. Change of venue was awarded to Livingston County, where severance was gi’anted and Milstead tried, January 8, 1925. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty as charged, and assessed his punishment at two years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. From that judgment he appealed.

I. Appellant assigns error to the action of the trial court in overruling his demurrer to the evidence.…