State v. Kessler

The defendant, having been convicted for selling intoxicating liquor, has appealed from the judgment.

The appeal is based upon the court’s refusal to give to the jury this instruction requested by defendant: “You are instructed that you may take into consideration the interest that the state’s witnesses may have in the outcome of this case.” The witnesses against the defendant, three in number, at the time the acts took place concerning which they testified were special officers employed in aid of the enforcement of the liquor laws. The defendant did not attempt to show, and the evidence does…