State v. Eklof

Appellant was convicted of the felony of transporting moonshine whiskey, was sentenced upon the verdict of the jury to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two years, and has appealed.

The following statement, taken from the respondent’s brief, tersely and fairly covers the essential facts in the case:

“The evidence on behalf of the State shows that Ralph B. Nevins, the Prosecuting Attorney of Hickory County, Missouri, on March 18, 1928, during the afternoon, went into the toilet at the courthouse of Hickory County and up overhead on some old partitions he discovered a pint…