Thomas v. State

The offense is selling intoxicating liquor;, the punishment. confinement in the penitentiary for iy2 years.

The state’s witness, George Norris, testified that he purchased a quart of Choc beer from appellant and that it' intoxicated him. Appellant did not testify.

Appellant’s first application for a postponement was based on the absence of the assistant county attorney, who had been duly summoned as a witness. It was alleged in the application that, if present, the witness would testify that the state’s witness told him he bought the liquor in question from a negro woman. Such testimony .would…