Burr v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, Avas convicted in the county court of BeAvey county of the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $500 and imprisonment in the county jail for six months.

The evidence of the state is that the defendant sold a gallon of whisky to one Mont Corey, and on cross-examination he admitted that he had previously been convicted of setting up a still. This evidence Avas sufficient to justify the jury in returning a verdict of guilty and in fixing the punishment at the maximum.

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The defendant contends that…