BURNETT v. STATE

No. 28287.

293 S.W.2d 608 (1956)

S. L. BURNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowlen Bond, Teague, for appellant.

Jimmy Morris, County Atty., Corsicana, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for possession of whisky in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, one year in jail and a fine of $500.

Corsicana Police Officer Douglas Hightower testified that on October 18, 1955, he was following appellant's car and was some one hundred feet back when appellant made a left turn and stopped at the side of a hotel, around ten o'clock P.M.

Officer Hightower testified that he saw appellant get out of his...

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