Farar v. State

Morrow, Presiding Judge.

— The sale of intoxicating liquor is the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

McDonald, the purchaser named in the indictment, testified that on the 4th day of February, 1928, he purchased from the appellant a pint of whisky, paying him therefor $2.50. Appellant testified in his own behalf and denied the sale, claiming that in a joking way he told McDonald that he would sell him a pint of whisky and that when McDonald gave him the money, the appellant told him he had no whisky and returned the money. Hatchell, at whose…