Largin v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors to Frank Shields, in violation of the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25, and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal. Over appellant’s objection, the State was permitted to prove by R.- M. Patton, a deputy sheriff, that after discovering the fact that Shields was getting some beer from the appellant, he took Shields into another part of the same building, and asked him if he had paid for that bottle of beer. Shields said, “Yes, I paid twenty-five cents for it.” The…