Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Coleman. Tried below before the Hon. F. M. Bowen. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local option law; penalty, a fine of $100 and twenty days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This conviction was for violating the local option law.
The- alleged purchaser, McHorse, testified that he went into the clubroom of Dave Coleman and told him that he wanted some whisky for Christmas day, and gave him an order for a quart of whisky for that purpose. Having given the order, he asked appellant if he could let him have a quart, and that when his, the witness’ whisky came he would pay it back. Coleman told him that he could not let him have it; that he did not have any, but perhaps he might borrow it from the defendant. The witness stated that he turned…
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