Foster v. State

The defendant was convicted on an indictment charging that he “unlawfully did sell and offer for sale alcoholic liquor and whisky, without having procured a license so to do from the State Revenue Commissioner.” The State introduced but one witness, who testified positively that he purchased a pint of rye whisky from the defendant, and paid him $2.25 therefor. On cross-examination this witness (an officer) testified that he was sworn in on the morning of the sale, and bought the whisky sometime during the middle of the same day; that he had previously known the defendant, and that they were…