Cooper v. State

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the court below of violating the local option law and was given a punishment of $100 fine and sixty days in the county jail. He has appealed to this court and asks a reversal of the case upon two grounds. First, because of the insufficiency of the testimony, and, second, newly discovered testimony.

Appellant was indicted at the December term, 1908, for this offense and was brought to trial in October, 1909. On the trial of the case Drew Haywood testified that about the 25th day of October, 1908, he bought a quart of whisky from the appellant…