Miller v. State

The defendant was convicted on each of the five counts of the indictment. His motion for new trial on the general grounds, and on six special grounds, was overruled, and he excepted.

Counsel for the defendant in his brief confines his argument as follows: “1. If the evidence in a criminal case is entirely circumstantial as to possession and sale of liquor, and proof of delivery depends upon circumstantial evidence, and proof of possession depends upon circumstantial evidence, and there is direct evidence of the presence of another person (Hailey) together with the defendant at the place where…