Jordan v. State

The plaintiifs in error, hereinafter called the defendants, were convicted upon a trial by a jury of the crime of possession of about 50 gallons of mash containing more than one-half of 1 per cent, of alcohol, measured by volume, and capable of being used as a beverage, and each defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of 30 days. Motion for new trial was filed and overruled, and defendants duly excepted and have appealed to this court.

The testimony on behalf of the state is, in substance, as follows: John Crawley, a deputy sheriif,…