Douglas v. State

The defendant was convicted of illegally selling liquor. The testimony for the State shows that a Mr. Lee gave his negro porter, Tom Brinson, twenty-five cents and told him to go to the defendant and buy him a half pint of whisky. As soon as the porter left on this mission, Lee called to a Mr. Pritchard and told him that he had sent for the liquor and asked him to watch the transaction so that if the defendant sold the liquor he could furnish testimony in addition to that of the porter. The porter went to the defendant’s house and returned with a half pint of corn whisky, which he delivered…