Billups v. State

Billups was arraigned and convicted in the county court of Walton county, for the offense of selling liquor unlawfully on the 17th day of August, 1897. His petition for certiorari to the superior court, complaining that the verdict against him was not warranted by the evidence, was overruled, and he excepted. The evidence introduced upon the trial was as follows. Fowler, a witness for the State, testified: “I know Henry Billups, the defendant. On or about the 17th day of August, 1897, I asked him if he knew where I could get a drink. He said he did. I gave him 50 cents, and he brought back a…