State v. Hunter

HUDSPETH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted, under chapter 10 of the 1923 Session Laws, of unlawfully giving intoxicating liquor to a minor and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary of not less than one year and not more than eighteen months. Erom the conviction and sentence he prosecutes an appeal to this court.

The first point relied upon for reversal is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict of appellant’s guilt.

Ruby Washburn, the twenty-year old minor to whom appellant was charged with having given liquor, was the principal witness for the state and the only…