Lee v. State

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.

The State was permitted to prove by defendant, on cross-examination, over his objections, that six or eight months prior to the institution of this prosecution he (defendant) was indicted for selling, in violation of the local option law, a drink called "Waukesha;" that he pleaded guilty in one case, and was fined and sent to jail for twenty days. Appellant objected to said testimony because the same in no way tended to prove the charge for…