Williams v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is selling intoxicating liquor; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

It was undisputed that appellant sold a pint of whiskey to the purchaser named in the indictment and received a dollar and fifty cents therefor. Appellant’s witness, Frank Harvey, testified that appellant sold the whiskey on the occasion in question, but declared that said whiskey belonged to one Pete Williams, and that it was delivered by appellant to the purchaser at the instance of Williams.

Bill of exception No. 1 relates to the action of the court in overruling…