Porter v. State

The plaintiff in error, here designated the defendant, was charged with the illegal transportation of whisky “from a point between the gin building and the seedhouse of the Johnston gin, located in the town of 'Carnegie, Okla., into the said seedhouse, a distance of approximately 40 feet.” Upon conviction, the punishment was assessed at a fine of $100 and 30 days in jail.

The evidence shows the Johnston gin comprised a rectangular building 50 or 60 feet in length; that adjacent thereto was a long building containing bins or compartments for the storage of cotton and cotton seed; that between…