State v. King

The appellant was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Crawford County of transporting moonshine, and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The principal contention made before this court is that the verdict was not supported by substantial evidence. Complaint is made also of the admission of incompetent and prejudicial evidence; and there is a further assignment that the information alleged and the proof showed only a misdemeanor, if anything, whereas the State’s main instruction submitted the case as involving a felony charge and the defendant was…