Cox v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Custer county on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $150 and 30 days in the county jail.

The evidence of the state was that the defendant sold a pint of whisky to one R. J. Smith on the 29th day of August, 1928. This evidence was corroborated by D. E. Smith, who is a brother of the witness R. J. Smith. These witnesses were employed by the officers of Custer county to procure evidence of the violation of the liquor laws of the state. The trial judge…