State v. Alexander

The defendant was charged by information in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County with the felonious sale of “moonshine” or “corn whiskey.” Upon a trial to a jury in December, 1924, he was convicted and his punishment assessed at three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals.

In November, 1924, three persons, one a prohibition officer, went to the residence of the defendant, four miles west of Kennett. The defendant kept a country store near which the three persons found him. The prohibition agent asked the defendant if he had any coca cola and he replied that he…