Richardson v. State

Minor W. Mili,wee, Justice.

The Grand Jury of Pike county indicted appellant, Bones Richardson, for selling intoxicating liquor on Sunday in violation of § 2 of Act 257 of 1943. He was found guilty by a petit jury and his punishment fixed at the minimum fine of $100 prescribed by the Act.

Harvey Lancaster testified on behalf of the _ State that on Friday, preceding Sunday, March 16, 1946, he gave Homer Thomas $8 with which to procure whiskey. Thomas lives across the road from his uncle, the appellant, near the town of Antoine. On the Sunday in question Lancaster and a companion drove to the…