Asher v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

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

Appellant and his wife were keepers of a hotel in the city of Breckenridge. The witness Savage testified that he purchased from the appellant some whiskey for which he paid him two dollars. Savage claims that Hedgespeth was present. According to his testimony, Savage and Hedgespeth had received marked money from the mayor of the city with which to buy whiskey. There was evidence that some of this marked money was later found in the possession of the…