Britt v. State

Appellant was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors to one John Bart, at Wickenburg, Maricopa county. He was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail and to pay a fine of $150. He appeals, assigning several errors, some of which we think are meritorious. We notice only those that we consider well taken.

The defendant is a barber, and at the time of the alleged sale (March 22, 1923) had a barber-shop at Wickenburg. The only eye-witness to testify to the alleged sale was Edward Devanney, a deputy sheriff and constable of Wickenburg’ precinct. Devanney employed John Bart, who was a…