Byxbee v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted in the county court of Woods county upon a charge of willfully, intentionally, and unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, to wit, corn whisky, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and be imprisoned in the county jail for six months. Motion for new trial was filed and overruled, and exceptions saved, and defendant has appealed to this court.

The testimony on behalf of the state is in substance as follows: L. B. Farris stated he was city marshal and had had a commission as deputy sheriff; that he knew the…