Nichols v. State

Marshall, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of selling beer without a license. The evidence showed that appellant, while working as a bartender in The Last Resort, Inc., sold a beer to an investigator of the Georgia Department of Revenue. When asked to produce a current beer license, the appellant could not find one. Held:

1. During the trial, the investigator was asked whether he had made an independent investigation of the existence of a license, and he replied that he had checked with the license section located in Atlanta and "they checked their records, all computer records,…