State v. Pilcher

The defendant is appellant from a conviction and sentence for having whisky in his possession for sale for beverage purposes.

Aside from the overruling of a formal motion for a new trial based on the ground that the conviction was contrary to the law and evidence, which we have repeatedly declined to notice, the record presents only one bill of exception.

The counsel, after the evidence was concluded, asked the court to charge itself that—

“To convict of this charge it is necessary to show a sale or an intention of selling.”

The court declined to give the charge, for the reason “that such is not…