Warren v. State

SEBRING, Justice.

Theodore Warren was informed against for a second offense against the beverage laws. Section 562.451, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A. He was tried and found guilty and sentenced to the state penitentiary. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence.

In an effort to prove that the defendant had been convicted of an offense against the beverage laws prior to the time of the alleged commission of the offense which formed the basis for the information for which the defendant was on trial, the trial court received in evidence, over the objection of the defendant, a certified copy…