Winslett v. State

This appellant was charged by indictment, in two counts, with distilling, making, or manufacturing spirituous, malted or mixed liquors or beverages, a part of which was alcohol, and with the possession of a still to be used for that purpose.

Before pleading to the' merits of the indictment, the defendant interposed a special plea, in effect a plea of former jeopardy, setting up that he had been formerly arraigned, tried, and convicted, and had served his term of imprisonment for this identical offense in the federal court of the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama.

To this…