Williams v. State

From a judgment of conviction for a violation of the prohibition law, this appeal was taken.'

Until the state had produced some evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense charged, the defendant was not called upon to interpose any defense, for under his plea of not guilty the burden rested upon the state to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. The presumption of innocence, which is evidentiary in its' nature attended this defendant upon the trial of this • case and throughout said trial or until .the-evidence proved his guilt…