Weems v. State

Defendant’s witness Springfield was present at the time of the difficulty and had ridden with defendant to the place where it occurred, and testified as to its details. It was therefore proper to inquire of him as to his condition of intoxication on that occasion; and as tending to show his condition in that respect, it was proper to ask him if he and defendant had been drinking together all that day, and if he did not take a drink in the barber shop just before he left. Alabama Power Co. v. Kendrick, 219 Ala. 692, 123 So. 215. An affirmative answer would therefore be material. And a negative…