Mason v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for a violation of the local option law. The evidence discloses that appellant sold to the purchasing witness several bottles of what the witness terms tin-top, frosty, or teetotle, which is claimed to have intoxicated said purchasing witness. There is a considerable amount of testimony showing that these drinks were nonintoxicating. There is also evidence of the fact that others treated the witness, and some suggestion that he may have imbibed whisky. There is no evidence that he purchased any whisky from appellant.

The court charged the jury…