Wood v. State ex rel. Boykin

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

In the first special ground of the motion for a new trial it is contended that the court erred in failing to charge the jury upon the respondent’s sole and only ground of defense, namely, “that he had ceased to drink any intoxicants for month's before the charges” were brought against him, and that “at the time he was charged and tried and for months before that [time] he was leading a sober and correct life.” In reference to this contention the most that the evidence showed in favor of the respondent was that he had led a sober and correct life for some…