Powers v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $75 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The evidence for the State justifies the verdict of the jury, showing the sale as alleged. This is denied by appellant. During the trial it was developed by the State’s purchasing witness that he made two purchases from appellant of whisky, one at the house where appellant was living, and the other at a different time on a creek somewhere in the town of Nacogdoches. On eross-examin'ation of the State’s witness…