Breland v. State

The appellant, Bruce Breland, was convicted in the Justice of the Peace Court of District No. 5 of Marion County of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. He appealed the case to the circuit court, where he was again tried and convicted by a jury and was sentenced to serve a term of ninety days in jail and to pay a fine of $500. Prom that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Shelby Pittman, the deputy sheriff, testified that on the night of December 27, 1952, he was in the Negro quarters of the City of Columbia and that he observed several Negroes going into and coming out of the appellant’s…