State v. Sappington

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, appellant was charged with the unlawful sale of one pint of hootch, moonshine and corn whiskey to one Oscar Williams. The venue was changed to the Circuit Court of Pettis County, where he was tried and convicted and his punishment assessed at a fine of $500 and imprisonment in the county jail for three months. He was sentenced in accordance with the verdict and appealed.

The evidence produced by the State shows that on March 13, 1925, appellant was conducting the Commercial Hotel or Sappington Hotel in the city of Boonville, in…