Murrell v. State

The plaintiff in error, defendant in the trial court, was by a jury in the county court of Kiowa county, found guilty of illegally transporting whisky, with his punishment fixed at a fine of $300 and 60 days in jail.

There is but one point involved in this appeal. It appears in the argument to the jury that the county attorney, touching, upon the question of whether or not the liquid found in the possession of the defendant, and which he was transporting, was whisky, said:

“The officers testified that the defendant stated at the time of his arrest, ‘You know that ain’t my whisky’; it hasn’t…