State v. Shields

Appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Shelby County on a charge of selling a half pint of “hootch” in vio lation of Section 4500 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1929. Upon trial he was found guilty and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary. His motion for new trial having been overruled and judgment having been entered on accordance with the verdict, he appealed.

The evidence in the ease is substantially as follows:

The appellant was, at the time he was charged with having committed the act set out in the indictment, the operator of a filling…