Gibson v. State

PELHAM, P. J.(1) The indictment contains but one count, and charges only a sale of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors. After the witness for the state had testified at the instance of the state to having purchased a half pint of liquor from defendant within the time covered by the indictment, the state was allowed, over the objection and exception of defendant, to prove by this witness and other witnesses that on an entirely different occasion, and prior to the purchase, they had been in the rear room of defendant’s store, and saw stored in there a large quantity of prohibited liquors. The…