Treece v. State

Ed Treece was tried and convicted on a charge of selling alcoholic liquor, and from the verdict and judgment is this appeal.

The testimony on the part of the State was to the effect that one Godbey, on the evening of Thanksgiving Day, 1930, was arrested for drunkenness, and a pint bottle of whisky was discovered in his possession. This bottle was taken by the officer who made the arrest and labeled for the purpose of identification, and by him given to another person in the mayor’s office for safekeeping. It was again delivered to the officer, who exhibited it at the trial, over the objection…