Winningham v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Simpson county of the unlawful sale of an intoxicating liquor, Jamaica ginger, and was sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred fifty dollars, and thirty days in jail; and. from that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The indictment charged the date of the commission of the offense in this language: “Will Winningham on the -day of ---, 1925.” The court, over appellant’s objection, admitted evidence of more than one sale. Section 1762, Code of 1906, section 2252, Hemingway’s Code 1927, is in this language: “On the trial of all…