Thomas v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor, with punishment' fixed at a fine of $50.00 and sixty days in jail. That the defendant sold the intoxicating liquor is not denied. The defense interposed and rejected below was that of entrapment based upon the circumstances of the sale.

The testimony of witnesses for the State, who are detectives connected with the Police Department of the City of Memphis, is that information was received by the Police Department that intoxicating liquor was being unlawfully sold by the bell boys employed in this capacity in the…