State v. McMillen

— On September 19, 1929, an indictment was returned in the Circuit Court of Gentry County, by which it is charged that, on or about the first day of December, 1927, the defendant did unlawfully and feloniously sell one and one-half pints of “hootch, moonshine and corn whiskey.” At the trial, on September 13, 1930, the jury found him guilty of selling corn whiskey, and assessed his punishment at a fine of $500. He was sentenced accordingly, and, in due course, appealed.

Earl Warren, the prosecuting witness, testified: He was employed by George Howery, on a farm, near Berlin, in the south part…