Laughlin v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The witness McCane testified that he purchased from the appellant a quart of whisky; that he was employed by the sheriff and compensated at the rate of five dollars per day and charged with the duty of “catching bootleggers;’’ that he was furnished money by the sheriff to be used in purchasing intoxicating liquor from the unlawful vendors of that article.

Appellant’s contention is that McCane was an accomplice witness. The sale of intoxicating liquor…