Johnson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is selling intoxicating liquor, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The state’s witness, Esther Haddock, testified that he went to appellant’s house and bought a half gallon of whiskey from him. On cross-examination the witness stated that the transaction occurred at 8 o’clock on Saturday night. Everett Bennett, a witness for appellant, testified that he was with Haddock in the vicinity of appellant’s home on the occasion in question, which was about nine o’clock on Saturday night, April 2. It appears that Haddock was driving an automobile…