Petty v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

Appellant sought a continuance because of the absence of Doctor A. W. Thompson. In order to avoid the continuance, the state made the following admission:

“Now comes the state by her District Attorney and admits that if the said Doctor A. W. Thompson were present he would testify that he had at various times prescribed whiskey for the defendant’s wife and for this defendant, and that said whiskey was a necessary medicine at all times for…