State v. Freitas

The appellant was charged by the prosecuting attorney of Jefferson county, the information containing two counts alleging violations of the state liquor law, tried to a jury and found guilty.

This appeal follows, and but two errors are argued: First, that the court unduly restricted the cross-examination of the state’s witnesses; second, that the court unduly limited counsel for the defense in his argument to the jury.

The limitation of. the cross-examination of the state’s witnesses arose as follows: The sheriff of Jefferson county, a deputy sheriff and an under-cover man working for the…