Newberry v. State

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted on charges of possession and sale of illegal liquors. When a State’s witness was testifying he denied having had any transaction with the defendant, whereas he had told the investigating agent that he had purchased certain whiskey from her on credit (the whiskey having been placed in evidence), and the district attorney interposed a plea of entrapment and asked leave to cross examine the witness. Defendant’s counsel objected: "We do not feel that sufficient foundation arid ground has been laid to support the district attorney’s plea of…