McGovern v. State

1. On the trial of one for the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, it is not error to refuse to permit a witness, to whom the sale is alleged to have been made, to testify that when he applied to the accused for the purchase of the whisky, and gave him the money for it, the latter stated that he did not have whisky himself, but hoped he could obtain it from another person. Such a statement is a mere self-serving declaration, and can not be used to rebut the inference of guilt arising from proof of reception of the purchase-price and delivery of the whisky.

2. On such a trial it was not error…