WHATLEY v. STATE

No. 24604.

225 S.W.2d 971 (1950)

WHATLEY v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enoch G. Fletcher, Grand Saline, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale in a dry area, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at a fine of $250 and imprisonment in jail for six months.

The state proved that Van Zandt County was a dry area and that appellant was caught in said county in possession of one pint of whiskey.

There was no evidence offered to prove that appellant possessed such whiskey for the purpose of...

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