Betts v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is selling intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for' one year.

A state ranger, accompanied by his wife, drove to the service station of A. D. Jones for the purpose of buying a pint of whisky. According to his testimony and that of his wife, A. D. Jones came to his car and he told him that he wanted to buy a pint, of whisky. At this juncture, another party drove into the filling station and-Jones went to wait on him. Jones directed appellant, who was lying on a bench in the filling station, to get the ranger a pint of whisky.…