Caldwell v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Bowie County for the offense of possessing liquor and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

The following charge was given to the jury:

“You are further instructed that if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had in his possession as aforesaid, intoxicating liquor of more than one quart, then the law presumes that such possession, if any, was for the purpose of sale. ’ ’

Appellant testified that he did not know what was in the kegs that were found…