Beam v. State

Counsel for the defendant admit that the testimony of Jackson is sufficient to make out a case insofar as the general grounds of the motion for new trial are concerned. A reversal of the judgment overruling the motion is urged on the two special grounds.

Special ground 1 assigns error in that the court, over objections of the defendant’s counsel, admitted in evidence the testimony of the State Trooper to the effect that when Jackson was stopped on Treat Mountain Road, the trooper inquired of him how much whisky he had and Jackson responded that he had eighty gallons, and that it was not his…