Poe v. State

— This was a prosecution for alleged violation of §15 of the act, known as the “Prohibition Law,” Acts 1917 p. 15, §8356a et seq. Burns’ Supp. 1918, instituted in city court of the city of Indianapolis; appealed by defendant to the criminal court of Marion county from a judgment against him and then tried upon a plea of “not guilty” before the court, without the intervention of a jury, which resulted in a finding of guilty, and judgment imposing a fine, from which judgment the defendant appeals to this court.

The defendant, a merchant in and resident of the city of Indianapolis, accompanied by…