Holder v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor'; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

The indictment was filed on the 26th of January and lays the date of the offense as of the 20th of that month. The State for proof of its case, relied solely upon the testimony of Ben Bruton to the effect that the appellant, on the date mentioned, had sold to the witness a pint of whisky. Appellant testified and denied the transaction. On cross-examination he admitted that about a year and a half before he had been charged with…