SHAWHART v. STATE

No. 29079.

303 S.W.2d 792 (1957)

Billy SHAWHART, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Bird, Childress, for appellant.

Charles L. Reynolds, County Atty., Childress, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is possession of whisky in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, a fine of $300.

Constable Willie Prescott testified that on November 27, 1956, he saw appellant in a grass pasture in Childress County about 10 o'clock at night; that appellant left the house of one Bailey and some fifty yards from where he crossed the fence appellant "stooped" and "it appeared that he was feeling and fumbling around in the grass. I heard...

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