State v. Patton

McDowell, judge.

Charles Patton, appellant, was convicted ■of a misdemeanor, to-wit, supplying intoxicating liquor to minors and fined $200 by the Circuit Court of Phelps County, Missouri from which judgment he appealed to this court.

The prosecution was based upon § 311.-310 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. The amended information charged that defendant “wil-fully and unlawfully supplied intoxicating liquor to Monroe Hodge, Georgie Plodge, and Vernon Smith, persons under the age of 21 years;”

The State’s evidence tended to prove that Monroe Hodge, age 19, Georgie Hodge, age' 14, and Vernon Smith, age 13,…