McCoslin v. State

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Falls county of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

The facts seem amply sufficient to support the jury’s conclusion of guilt, and need not be set out at length. One Mrs. Burt was an important witness for the state. There had been one trial of the case, resulting in a hung jury, at .which she was not called as a witness. It appears from the qualification of appellant’s hill of exceptions No. 1 that upon cross-examination of this witness by the defense it was shown that she became a witness…