State v. Burckhalter

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice StabeER.

In May, 1927, the defendant Burckhalter was convicted of having in his possession contraband liquors and was sentenced to six months on the public works of Aiken County. He appeals to this Court upon- exceptions imputing error to the trial Judge in the admission of testimony; in refusing to direct a verdict; in charging the jury; in allowing the jury to take into their room and drink the commodity offered in evidence; and in refusing to grant a new trial:

When A. D. Shepard, a witness for the State, was on the stand, he was asked by…