Cooper v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years. .

The State’s witness, Dr. H. L. Stewart, the purchaser named in the indictment, testified that he purchased whisky from the appellant. This was denied by the appellant and circumstantially controverted by his wife.

The appellant having testified in his own behalf, it was competent for the State to introduce evidence that he had been previously charged with or convicted of a felony, in order to discredit or impeach his testimony. Romero…