Richardson v. State

The evidence for the state tends to connect this defendant with the distilling of whisky, and that for the defendant that he was entirely innocent of any crime. The incidents of the trial impress this court that the jury was at some difficulty in arriving at a verdict of guilt, as indicated by the length of time they were considering the evidence and the questions asked by them of the court after they had retired. We make note of this in declining to hold that the error pointed out did not probably injuriously affect defendant’s substantial rights.

The evidence for the state related entirely…