Spangenberg v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for selling intoxicating liquor, punishment being assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

The indictment avers that appellant sold intoxicating liquor to one Charlie New. He testified that he purchased a pint of whisky from appellant for which he paid him $2.50, using in the purchase three $1 bills which had been furnished him by the sheriff. The sheriff’s testimony was to the effect that he had taken the numbers of the bills; that he arrested appellant within fifteen minutes after the sale had been made and found in his possession the identical bills which had…