King v. State

1. 2. 1. — Appellant, a retail druggist, was tried and convicted on an indictment which charges him with an illegal sale óf cocaine. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction and alleges, first, that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to quash said indictment “for the reason that the same does not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense under the law.” The ofíense charged is that appellant, at a time and place fixed, unlawfully sold to one Myrtle Ward “cocaine, and derivatives, salts and compounds of cocaine.” The contention of appellant is that under §2494a…