Speybroeck v. State

The appellant and another were jointly charged by affidavit, in three counts, with violation of the Prohibition Law. The crimes charged were unlawful possession of a still, unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and maintaining a common nuisance. §§6, 4 and 24, Acts 1925 p. 144, §§2719, 2717 and 2740 Burns 1926. The appellant entered a plea of not guilty. He was tried separately by a jury and was found guilty on each count. His motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment was rendered on each of the three verdicts.

It is assigned as error that the court erred in overruling the…