State v. Mitchum

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The defendant Mitchum and one James Frasier were separately indicted for violation of the prohibition law, but by consent were tried together. Mitchum was found guilty of transporting and receiving alcoholic liquors for unlawful purposes and was sentenced by the Court to imprisonment for a period of twelve months, four months of the time being suspended after the service of eight. He now appeals to-this Court.

By his first exception, appellant charges the presiding Judge with error in placing the trial jury in the custody of two…