Rees v. State

BERRY, Judge.

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

The sale is alleged to have been made to one Vance A. Smith. Bill of exceptions No. 3 shows that while the witness Vance A. Smith was on the stand and after he had testified in behalf of the State and was being cross-examined by the appellant, the witness stated that a number of people had told him that the appellant was a very bad man and that the defendant’s attorney could get that…