State v. Brown

The defendant, in the Circuit Court of Douglas County, was convicted of selling one pint of "moonshine” to one Homer Turner, in violation of the Act of 1923 (Laws 1923, p. 242), an act winch makes the said offense a felony. Judgment-was pronounced assessing* the punishment at two years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

The evidence shows that on the second day of August, 1923, Homer Turner and John Plum went to the defendant’s store at Squires in Douglas County; they were on horseback, and on their way to a camp meeting in the neighborhood. Several persons were in the store, the…