Black v. State

Indictment for selling liquor without license. Before Judge Fite. Gordon superior court. September 8, 1900. Joe Black was convicted of selling spirituous and intoxicating liquors without license. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted. The testimony of the only witness for the State was, in brief, as follows: Witness, some time before Christmas, 1898, told the accused that if he knew of any whisky in the neighborhood, to inform witness, as he wanted to get some. During Christmas of that year, the accused came to the home of witness and asked him if he wanted any whisky, and,…