Mullikin v. State

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of the sale of a pint of whisky, with his punishment assessed by jury at confinement in the county jail for 60 days and a fine of $100.

The defendant was a taxi driver in the city of Enid. The two principal witnesses for the state were detectives, employed to entrap certain suspected offenders against the prohibitory law, including this defendant. The prosecuting witness admitted that he was employed for this purpose at the rate of $10 per day and expenses, and furnished money to buy whisky from the persons whose names were furnished him. On…