Denning v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Officers appear to have accidentally come across appellant in possession of a quantity of whisky, some two gallons. Appellant took the stand in his own behalf and testified that on the day in question he asked Mr. Moore, whose place of business adjoined that of the appellant, if he might ride in the car with Mr. Moore down to a certain place, — Moore having told him beforehand that he was going down that way at that time. He further testified that he went with Moore,…