Hinkle v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Washita county of the crime of possession of intoxicating liquor, to wit, about one gallon of wine, and his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $250 and imprisonment in the county jail for 60 days.

Defendant complains of numerous errors, only one of which needs to be considered by this court in determining the issues raised by defendant in his petition in error, namely, that the court erred in giving instruction No. 8, which reads as follows:

“Gentlemen of the Jury, you are instructed that if the state…