Williford v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Brown County of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

Appellant filed an application for a suspended sentence and- introduced proof of the fact that he was only twenty-one years of age and had never been convicted of a felony, and had a good reputation for being a peaceable, law-abiding citizen. After introducing a number of witnesses to testify upon the above issues, appellant took the witness stand himself. . He gave no testimony as to his general reputation, nor had any of…