Oliphant v. State

The plaintiff in error, Porter Oliphant, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted in the circuit court of Dickson county at its December term, 1925, upon two counts.

The first count charged him with unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquors, and the second count charged him with unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquors from one point to another in the State.

To this indictment he pleaded not guilty, and was tried before the court and a jury at the same term of the court at which the 'indictment was returned, and found guilty as charged. He moved for a new trial and in arrest…