Tipton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The testimony adduced shows that appellant owned a farm situated about nine miles east of Sweetwater in Nolan County, Texas; that he also owned a farm near Lamesa in Dawson County where he resided. On the farm near Sweetwater, which he had leased to a man by the name of E. R. Bransford, he had built a filling station, tourist cabins and a chicken house. On the 6th day of…