Childers v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, De-Kalb County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Richard Childers, alias,- was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. The state elected the time and place testified to by witness Lyons, and the court committed error in allowing proof of other acts at other times. 52 Ala. 384; 109 Ala. 45, 19 South. 491; 152 Ala. 38, 44 South. 621; 136 Ala. 117, 33 South. 831.
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.
The defendant was convicted under an indictment which charged that he did, since January 25, 1919, distill, make, or manufacture alcoholic, spirituous, malted, or mixed liquors or beverages, a part of which was alcohol, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from one year and six months to two years and six months.
[1] One Lyons, a witness for the state, •testified that he was at the defendant’s place in the early spring of 1920, and found a rock furnace, some beer in boxes and barrels, and some still slop poured out, about' 200 yards from tbe defendant’s house; did…
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- Dennison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
- Gardner v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Vaughan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
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