Pinkerton v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

From a judgment of conviction for the offense of unlawfully transporting, etc., more than five gallons of whiskey in Fayette County, Alabama, this appeal was taken.

The corpus delicti, that is to say, the body or essence of the offense, charged in the indictment in this case, was fully proven without dispute or conflict.

Upon the trial below, the defendant strenuously insisted and so testified that he had no connection with the commission of the offense, and further testified, and offered the testimony of other witnesses to the effect that he was at another and…