State v. Severin

The defendant was convicted of “engaging in the liquor traffic as a second offense” — the specific charge being that in Eddy county the defendant “did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously possess intoxicating liquor intended for use as a beverage; that such intoxicating liquor consisted of whiskey and alcohol, that on the 10th day of November 1926, in the district court of Eddy county the said above named defendant was found guilty of the crime of engaging in the liquor traffic and on the 13th day of November 1926, was sentenced by the district court.”

The defendant made a motion for a new…