Johnson v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense charged is the unlawful possession for the purpose of sale of malt, vinous and spir ituous liquor containing in excess of one per cent of alcohol by volume, as denounced by Art. 667, P. C., 1925; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The liquor in question was 140 bottles of beer. While controverted the proof was sufficient to show that it was possessed by the appellant, and there were circumstances tending to show that it was intended for sale. The liquid was not analyzed but was proved to. be beer, a malt liquor…