Church v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the circuit court of Clay County, Eastern District, under § 6165 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, making it unlawful for any one to transport alcoholic liquors from one place to another in this State, and was fined $100 as a punishment therefor, from which is this appeal.

The 'undisputed facts are that Elzra Blake, an employee of appellant, was instructed to go to his home and get a hottle of whiskey for him. Appellant told witness he would find the whiskey in the safe. Witness did as he was told, but, before getting to appellant with the whiskey,…