Scruggs v. State

S. O. Scrug’gs appeals from a conviction and sentence of two years in the penitentiary on the chárge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor.

We do not think any of the points presented for reversal by appellant merit discussion, except one, and that is that the lower court erred in putting the defendant on trial without arraigning him until after the state had closed its evidence.

The record shows that, after all of the testimony for the state had been submitted to the jury and the appellant had begun to introduce his proof, the court then arraigned the appellant on the indictment charging a…