Freeze v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The conviction is for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; penalty assessed at a fine of $500.00 and confinement in the county jail for a period of eight months.

The State’s witness, Rogers P. Boyd, an employee of the Texas Liquor Control Board, testified that he was acquainted with the appellant, who conducted a cafe and filling station on the Lufkin Highway, several miles south of Nacogdoches; that in the afternoon of April 20, 1937, the witness drove his car to the front of the appellant’s place of business and asked to buy a pint of whisky. The witness…