State v. Criddle

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The appellant, J. W. Criddle, and his son, John Criddle, were indicted for unlawfully storing and manufacturing whisky. They were tried before Hon. R. W. Memminger, Circuit Judge, and a jury, and both were convicted. From a sentence of six months’ imprisonment, J. W. Criddle appeals.

The first exception makes the point that the jury were misled, to the defendant’s injury, by an erroneous instruction of the trial Court to the effect that the guilt of the accused could be established by the, greater weight of the evidence,. Prior to the…