Morris v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Nacogdoches County, Texas, charged with violating the local option law, and when tried, was convicted and his, punishment assessed at the lowest penalty fixed by law, the jury at the time they returned the verdict stating through their foreman that while this was their verdict, they did not believe the defendant had intentionally violated the law.

This brings up virtually the sole question involved in a decision of this case. The defendant testified he did not sell the prosecuting witness any whisky, but he knew he got the whisky, and…