Matthews v. State

This appeal is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of conviction and sentence of confinement in the penitentiary for a term of one year and to pay a fine of $500 and the costs, rendered in pursuance of the verdict of a jury finding appellant guilty of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors, third offense.

The information in substance charges that on the 10th day of January, 1938, in said county, Rex Matthews did unlawfully and feloniously have possession of twenty-four pints of whisky and six pints of gin, with the unlawful intent to sell the same, and charges three previous convictions in…