Greer v State

Greer v State
1913 OK CR 164
132 P. 1122
9 Okl.Cr. 669
Case Number: No. A-1562
Decided: 06/30/1913
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus by the Court.)

TRIAL Verdict Evidence.

Appeal from County Court, Pontotoc County; Conway O. Barton, Judge

Knox Greer was convicted of violating the prohibitory law, and appeals. Affirmed.

Crawford & Bolen

Chas. West,

Page 670

DOYLE, J. Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an information charging him with the unlawful sale of a bottle of whisky to one M.V. Smith. On the 5th day of September, 1911, he was sentenced in accordance with the verdict to be confined for 30 days in the county jail and pay a fine of $50. To reverse the judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

His principal contention is that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence. The complaining witness, M.V. Smith testified that some time in the month of February he went into the Palace Pharmacy in the town of Allen, and bought a pint of whisky from the defendant, paying him $1 therefor. The defendant testified that he remembered that the complaining witness was in his store, but denied that he sold him any whisky or other intoxicating liquors of any kind.