WHITE v. STATE

No. 30439.

321 S.W.2d 582 (1959)

Hosia WHITE, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Murphey, Coleman, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Upon a plea of guilty before the court without a jury, appellant was convicted of unlawfully selling whiskey in a dry area and his punishment assessed at 60 days in jail and a fine of $200.

By motion for new trial appellant claims that he entered the plea of guilty because of certain promises and threats made to him by an agent of the State Liquor Control Board. In the motion appellant alleged that the agent led him to believe that he was...

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