Pierson v. State

CATES, Judge.

Pierson was indicted November 12, 1956, in Dallas County on two counts, first, distilling, and, second, possessing a still. Conformably to a general verdict of guilty, the trial judge sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. The judgment entry shows notice of appeal to this court on December 3, 1956. The record was filed here March 4, 1957, and the case argued and submitted May 16, 1957.

The tendencies of the State’s case viewed through the frame of the verdict show that on September 21, 1956, Frank Farish and Richard H. Dickinson, investigators for the Internal Revenue…