Slavens v. State

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Maud Rawlins Slavens, was charged with the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in dry territory, and was convicted after a jury trial.

Por a reversal appellant sets forth six separate assignments of error, hut these assignments may he grouped and are argued by appellant under two headings, viz: (a) there is no substantial evidence to support the verdict of the jury, and (b) the court erred in permitting the state to prove prior convictions for like offenses.

Testimony on the part of the state: On June 24, 1955 the sheriff and…