State v. Scott

The appellant, Scott, was convicted on a trial by jury of opening up, conducting and maintaining a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. The appeal is from the judgment pronounced upon the verdict.

The evidence on the part of the state tended to show that the place of business of the appellant was openly conducted as a grocery store and service station, at which he surreptitiously sold intoxicating liquors, capable of use as a beverage, in pint bottles. During the course of the trial, an officer of the federal prohibition department was called as a witness on the part of the…