Wright v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for selling intoxicating liquor, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

A state witness testified positively to a purchase from appellant of a half pint of whiskey. The sheriff testified that he saw appellant hand to said witness a bottle, and later saw the bottle of whiskey in the possession of said witness. The defense was an alibi, and appellant introduced several witnesses who testified that on the day laid in the indictment as the date of the purchase, appellant was out in the country and not at the place where the state witness claims to have purchased the…