Deal v. State

The offense is the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

There is no statement of the evidence heard upon the trial.

We understand from Bill of Exceptions No. 2 that during the progress of the trial, State's counsel, in the presence of the jury, said:

"If he wants to put the defendant on the stand, we will let him be put on."

This occurred while the appellant's counsel was addressing the court with reference to the admissibility of certain testimony touching declarations of the appellant, the admission of which the State opposed.…