Coffey v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant was indicted April 18, 1917, for making an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor (whisky) on February 26, 1917, to M. E. Stegall, after an election had been held in June preceding, putting the prohibition law in effect in said county. He was convicted, and the lowest punishment assessed against him.

All the orders ordering said election, canvassing and declaring the result, and the order of the Commissioners Court duly entered and published prohibiting the sale as alleged in the indictment, were proven up and introduced in evidence.

Stegall, the alleged purchaser,…