State v. Kaiser

The appellants were charged by information in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County with the unlawful possession of whiskey. Tried to a jury, the court, after hearing the State’s evidence, discharged Ed Kaiser; and the jury at the close of the ease returned a verdict finding H. G. Kaiser guilty and assessing bis punishment at a fine of five hundred dollars. From this verdict and the judgment rendered thereon he has' appealed to this court. The case is here by reason of the interposition of a constitutional question.

I. We glean the foregoing facts from what is termed a transcript of the…