Peasley v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Orange County for the offense of possessing liquor, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of one year.

Appellant complains át the court’s action in refusing to permit him to prove that a verdict of not guilty had been rendered against him in two other liquor cases wherein appellant claims the State had shown that he had been previously indicted. In other words, it was appellant’s contention as manifested by his bills of exception that as the State had shown that he had been indicted for other…