Dunning v. State

The indictment charges that Mathews Dunning unlawfully possessed a still and did make or manufacture prohibited liquors. Defendant demurred to the indictment, and interposed a plea of not guilty. The state offered only one witness, the arresting officer; the defendant offered no witnesses. The state's witness testified that he had known defendant twenty odd, years; that he guessed he had known Mathew that long. Thereupon the witness was asked by defendant’s attorney if he knew defendant as Mathew Dunning, and if defendant went by the name of Mathetos Dunning. The witness replied that he had…