Haynes v. State

Mike Haynes was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of McDuffie County on an accusation charging him with having unstamped (non-tax-paid) liquor in his possession. He filed a motion for a new trial on the general grounds, later amended by adding three special grounds. To the order of the judge overruling the motion as amended, he assigns error here.

The State introduced evidence from which the jury was authorized to find: that on the night in question a car had driven into the defendant’s yard; that the defendant, after talking to the occupants of the car, had called his minor son, Jack,…