Hurst v. State

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.. Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe Criminal Court of Sullivan County for possessing tbirty-two pints and tbir teen quarts of intoxicating liquors. When the case came on for trial there was a conviction, his punishment being fixed by the jury at a fine of $500'. The trial judge added sixty days in the county workhouse.

A motion for a new trial was seasonably made upon the grounds (1) that the evidence preponderates against the verdict, and (2) that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence. The assignments of error in this Court are to the same…