Case Name: MAY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1944-03-01
Citations: 179 S.W.2d 563
Docket Number: No. 22779
Parties: MAY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 179
Pages: 563–564

Head Matter:
MAY v. STATE.
No. 22779.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 1, 1944.
Rehearing Denied April 26, 1944.
Eugene F. Mathis, of Lubbock, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Unlawfully selling whisky is the offense; the punishment, a fine of $100.
Appellant'insists that the undisputed facts show that he acted only as the agent of the purchaser of the whisky, and not as the seller thereof. As to this, we note that, upon cross-examination of appellant, and upon his being shown the bottle of whisky which the State's witnesses identified as having been acquired from appellant, he said: "I am pretty sure that is the whisky I sold Mr. Burney" (the purchaser named m the information). Such an admission on the part of the appellant was sufficient to raise an issue for the jury — to say nothing of the State's testimony on the subject.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.