Hughes v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Potter County of possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

A prosecuting witness introduced by the State said he bought liquor on the occasion mentioned but declined to identify appellant as the man from whom he bought it. He was asked by the State if he did not tell the grand jury that the party from whom he bought the liquor was Luther Hughes (appellant) and said that he did not think so. Thereafter the State introduced Mr. Beasley, a member of the grand…