Bouldin v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the illegal sale of whisky in a dry area, and fined the sum of $200.00.

The testimony of the State showed a sale of whisky to a soldier, and the payment therefor for two half pints in the sum of $2.50.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his application for a continuance in order that he might obtain the testimony of one Carroll Soape who was not in attendance upon the trial hereof. The motion for a new trial has appended thereto an affidavit of Soape, the absent witness. It appears therefrom that if Soape had been present he…