Brigman v. City of Baxley

The accused was placed on trial in the mayor’s court of Baxley, for the offense of keeping intoxicating liquors' on hand for the purpose of illegal sale. A witness testified that the accused delivered him a certain quantity of whisky at the instance of one Carter, and that on a previous occasion, nearly two yearn before, he had bought from the accused directly a bottle of whisky, for which he paid him 75 cents. At this point the defendant, through his counsel, asked that the case be postponed only until the next day, when he would produce a named witness who would swear that the whisky which…