Clark v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The record contains four bills of exception, which will be noticed in reverse order.

The State’s attorney told the jury that it should convict appellant because he had not explained his possession of a jar of whisky within the meaning of the prima facie evidence rule as set out in the court’s charge. Pie insisted that appellant had merely denied that he possessed any intoxicating liquor whatever. The argument was objected to as prejudicial because of the fact that…