State v. Broaddus

The defendant was charged by indictment in the Circuit Court of Howard County with having feloniously sold hootch, moonshine or corn whiskey. Upon a trial he was convicted and his punishment assessed at a fine of five hundred dollars and twelve months’ imprisonment in the county jail. This sentence was, before the entry of judgment, modified by the court, and judgment entered for five hundred dollars’ fine and six months in the county jail. From this judgment he appeals.

In August, 1924, two persons, named Guthrie and Turner, who had been employed by the Sheriff of Howard County to ferret out…