Clifton v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

A recital of the evidence in detail is deemed unnecessary. The confession of the appellant is • sufficiently corroborated, and shows the possession of several quarts of whisky for the purpose of sale. From the evidence it appears that the appellant was a negro under the age of twenty-five years. By proper plea he sought the benefit of the law permitting a suspension of his sentence, and the jury was instructed upon that issue. It further…