Ballard v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The The offense is the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The indictment contains two counts. One names G. S. Boswell as the purchaser and the other names J. W. Timms as the buyer of the liquor.

During the progress of the trial, the State elected to rely upon the alleged sale to Boswell. Boswell and Timms, while traveling together in an automobile at night-time with three gallons of com whisky in their possession, were placed under arrest. The officers had followed them for some fifteen miles, having…