James v. State

Defendant was tried by the court below, sitting without a jury, and found guilty of unlawfully possessing prohibited liquors. A fine of $50 was the punishment fixed.

No exceptions were reserved to any ruling on admission or rejection of evidence. No jurisdictional question was in any manner presented to the trial court. A motion was made for a new trial on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence. This motion was overruled. Two errors are assigned on the record, questioning the propriety of the original judgment and the judgment over ruling the motion for new trial; the gist of each…