Joyner v. State

The indictment under which the defendant was tried and convicted contained one count only, and was as follows:

“The grand jury of said county charge that, before the finding of this indictment, William Joyner sold, offered for sale, kept for sale, had in his possession for sale, or otherwise unlawfully disposed of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors contrary to law,” etc.

[1] On the trial of the case, the state introduced three witnesses, each of whom testified that they had bought whisky from the defendant at different tunes, hut within the period covered by the indictment. At the conclusion…