Coleman v. State

This conviction was for violating the local option law, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The facts in this case show that Mack Bennett, the prosecuting witness, about Christman, 1906, in the town of Santa Anna, Coleman County, went into appellant's clubroom and told appellant he wanted some whisky. Appellant replied he had no whisky, but he could order some for witness, and witness could get it to-morrow. "I told him I wanted it now; he said may be you can borrow some. Mr. Riley there might loan it to you. I then asked the party whom…