¶2 October 23, 1917.
¶3 Appellant, in his motion for rehearing, contends that the court erred in holding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, claiming that the evidence showed that the State’s witness did not buy whisky from appellant but that he acted as the witness’ agent in ordering it for him. The reverse of appellant’s contention is true. Lee Wootton, the party to whom appellant is alleged to have made the sale of liquor, on his direct examination, testified: “My name is Lee Wootton, and I live here in the town of Lockhart. I know the defendant, Buddy Thompson. I do not know what kind of business he has been in, I think he runs a domino room. I recently bought some intoxicating liquor from Buddy Thompson. It was on last Saturday night, the 24th day of March, 1917. I bought it from him down at the domino room. I bought a quart of whisky from him and paid him two dollars for it. This was in Caldwell County, State of Texas.” This is the whole of his testimony under direct examination. Ip crossing him appellant attempted to have him swear that he did not buy the liquor from appellant, hut that he merely had appellant to order it for him. The witness persisted in his testimony that he bought it directly from him and did not 'have appellant to order it for him. lie swore: “It is not a fact that I went to see Buddy Thompson on Thursday before the Saturday I got the whisky and got him to order a quart of whisky for me. I just asked him if he was going to have any whisky and if he did to save me a quart.” He then tried to get the witness to swear that he had told Ben Erost that he had had the appellant to order this whisky for him, but he denied that he had so told Erost. He introduced Erost, who swore he did not know whether the witness Lee Wootton had appellant to order the whisky for him or not; that he was not present when they had anything to say about it before the actual delivery of the whisky. His testimony, we think, can not be considered to mean that said witness, Wootton, ever told him that he had had appellant to order this whisky for him, but if he had, that would be mere impeachment of the witness and not establishing as a fact that the witness had had appellant to order the whisky for him.
¶4 It is also stated by appellant, in his motion, that the court was in error in saying that he requested no special charge. He says one was requested on agency straight out and was given as requested on that phase. If such was the fact on the trial this record shows nothing of it. But even if, as contended by appellant, he requested such a charge, by his own motion he shows that the court gave it, and if he is correct in this matter it would he against him and not for him; for if the court submitted the issue at his request, the verdict of the jury clearly shows they did not believe that the witness had appellant to order the whisky for him as is contended, but they believed the State’s witness *38 that he did not have appellant to' order it for him, but that he bought it outright as he positively testified.
¶5 The motion is overruled.
¶6 Overruled.