AVANTS v. STATE

No. 31403.

331 S.W.2d 330 (1960)

E. L. AVANTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 3, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. D. Hollars, Plainview, for appellant.

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


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for selling whiskey in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $250.

Proof was offered that Hale County was a dry area.

Inspector Tippit of the Texas Liquor Control Board testified that on April 7, 1959, he saw the appellant in the 500 block of Cedar Street in Hale County, and on cross-examination he testified that on that date on Cedar Street a few blocks from the court house in Plainview he purchased from the...

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