Davis v. State

Sam Davis was convicted, his punishment fixed at a fine of $50 and confinement in jail for 30 days, and he appeals.

One of the errors assigned is that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

It appears that defendant, Davis, and Raymond Redding were at Lenna P. O., and on their way to defendant’s home stopped a quarter of a mile west of Lenna, and in the brush Davis picked up a bottle and gave it to Redding, who took a drink.

H. F. Smith, deputy sheriff, testified that he saw Sam Davis at Lenna and with L. E. Norton waited in the brush about a hundred yards east of Mr. Norton’s barn; that…