State v. Whitehead

Lively, Judge:

Defendant, Delbert Whitehead, obtained this writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court sentencing him to- pay a fine of $300.00 and to three years confinement in the penitentiary, upon conviction of a charge of owning, operating, etc., a moonshine still.

There are several points of error relied upon for reversal, the first of which is that the verdict is contrary to the law and evidence. Logically this assignment of error should be considered first, for if well taken, the others become immaterial.

The evidence of the State was to the effect that upon a search of defendant’s…