Martoni v. State

PBENDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for unlawfully selling whisky in a prohibition county, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The evidence by the State makes a clear case against appellant, showing a sale. Appellant denied making the sale. The State’s main witness, A. Smissen, was a detective employed by the county attorney of Bowie County, to ferret out unlawful sales of intoxicating liquors and was paid as such for his services. He testified that a sale of whisky by appellant was made to him and he paid him a dollar therefor. Under the statute and…