Commander v. State

The offense is sale of liquor in dry territory; punishment is assessed at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days.

The State introduced Roger P. Boyd, an agent for the State Liquor Control Board, who testified that on April 19, 1937, he went to the home of Mrs. Harvey Commander and purchased a pint bottle of whisky for seventy-five cents. E. A. Gordon, district supervisor for the Liquor Control Board, testified that Boyd turned the whisky over to him and that he, in turn, placed it in the hands of a chemist. The chemist testified that the bottle contained more than…