Stephens v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for engaging in and pursuing the occupation and business of selling intoxicating liquors in Fannin County, in the fall of 1910, after prohibition was in force at an election held in 1903. He was tried and convicted, and his penalty fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence by the State shows that W. E. Campbell testified that in the fall of 1910, he bought a pint of whisky from the appellant at two different times, and paid him one dollar for each pint. ' “The first time was in Tanktown, right this side of that thicket down there…