Legal Opinion

McCain v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 3, 1942No. 8 Div. 160PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Judge.

This appeal is from the Jackson County Court. Act No. 647, Local Acts of Alabama, 1939, Section 29, page 375.

Trial below was without a jury and resulted in the conviction of appellant for a violation of the prohibition law. According to the testimony of the agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, witness for the prosecution, she was guilty. Her evidence tended to support her claim of innocence.

It was within the province of the trial court, who saw and heard the witnesses, to appraise their testimony. The weight and credibility of the evidence, under such circumstances,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Winchester v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  2. Northington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Edmondson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942

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