Luman v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted in the District Court of Shelby County upon an indictment charging him with the sale of intoxicating liquor in one count and the sale of medicated bitters capable of producing intoxication in another count, convicted, and his punishment assessed at one year confinement in the penitentiary.

Briefly stated, the record discloses that the appellant was engaged in selling patented medicine and other articles of merchandise and on the date alleged in the indictment sold to one Leo Polly a bottle of “jake” or Jamaica ginger and that “jake” or Jamaica…