State v. Martinez

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The defendant is appealing from a conviction and sentence for possessing intoxicating liquor for sale in a prohibition parish. By way of a motion for a new trial and a bill of exception taken to the overruling of the motion he complains that the conviction “was not supported by any legal evidence”. The motion contained a statement of the testimony on which the conviction was had. The sheriff and a deputy sheriff were the only witnesses for the state. They testified that they received in their office on December 23rd an anonymous letter informing them that the defendant…