Freshman v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, alleged to be in force in precinct No. 1 in Rockwall County, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50, and imprisonment in the count} jail for twenty days. The testimony shows that a stranger approached Roe Parker, J. B. Carter, and J. M. Barrett, who were working at a gin in said precinct, about the 28th of November, 1894, and took their order for a gallon of whiskey, for which they agreed to pay him $3. He represented to them that he was the agent of the appellant. They agreed to buy the whiskey and pay for it C.…