Legal Opinion

Cisco v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1930PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

This is a conviction for possessing a still, or parts thereof. The defense is an alibi. Officers intercepted a car belonging to plaintiff in error on the road after night which was found to contain a still and a barrel. Pour witnesses for the State testify positively that they saw plaintiff in error in the car and driving it, and saw him leave the car and escape from the scene.

Plausible testimony is introduced by the wife of the plaintiff in error, one Nunally Kink, and plaintiff in error himself that he was at his home, but witnesses for the State are quite positive in their identification,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sherman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. State v. ReederSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
  3. Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. Hamilton v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Jones v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
  2. Lester v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Omohundro v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Courtney v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
  5. People v. Gruberman, New York County Courts1944

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