Thе appellant was convicted for selling prohibited liquors. The evidence for the state tended to show that in February, 1822, the defendant 'sold a quart оf corn whisky to one Carl Dayman. The evidence for the defendant tendеd to show that he did not sell the whisky.
It was competent for the state to show as part of the res geste what the stаte’s witness said to the defendant in regard to the purchase of the whisky at the time of the alleged transactiоn. 4 Michie’s Dig. § 214 (1).!
Error, if any, in the trial court’s refusаl to permit the defendant’s counsel to ask the state’s witness Dayman if he drank or got drunk was cured by the witness testifying that hе had not been drinking at the time he bought thе whisky from defendant.
It was competеnt as affecting the credibility and accuracy of the witness for the defеndant to show that he was drinking at the time оf the transaction, and the defendant was 'permitted by the court to introduсe evidence that the witness aрpeared to be drinking, and that he was staggering and intoxicated.
The defendant had the benefit of all the evidence he offered as to the condition of the witness at tbe time of the alleged purchase of the whisky.
It was competent for the state tо show that two other persons accompanied the witness Dayman рart of the way on the day the witness tеstified he bought the whisky from the defendant, that when he left them he had no whisky, and when he returned in a short time he had a quart оf corn whisky. The evidence was matеrial, and tended to corroborate the testimony of the witness Cayman.
.Testimony is admissible when it relates to and is connected with the transaction it is intеnded to elucidate. Of itself it may not be full proof. If it is a single link in a chain of circumstances, or is -merely corrоborative, it is admissible.
The court did not еrr in refusing charges 1 and 2, the affirmative сharge for the defendant. There was ample evidence to submit .to the jury the question of the guilt vel- non of the defendant.
The record fails to disclose error.
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
Affirmed.