State v. Dowell

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Linn County, at Brookfield, by which the defendant was charged in each of two counts with the unlawful sale of ‘ ‘ one-half pint of moonshine,” and the State elected to proceed to trial on the first count. The jury found her guilty and assessed her punishment at a fine of $500, and she appealed from the, judgment and sentence entered in accordance with the verdict.

From the evidence adduced by the-State we gather the following: About nine o’clock- in the evening- of August 2, 1930, Nick Johnson parked his automobile near the defendant’s house in…