State v. Turpin

The appellant, Clarence Turpin, and another defendant, Cora Courtney, were jointly charged by information in the Circuit Court of Monroe County with transporting hootch, moonshine, corn whiskey, a felony under Section 4500, Revised Statutes 1929. The case was tried to a jury at the August Term, 1931, of court and the record for that term states the jury failed to agree upon a verdict. At the November Term the court made a new record showing the jury did return a verdict at the August Term acquitting the defendant Cora Courtney and convicting the appellant; and judgment and sentence were…