RISBY v. STATE

No. 32208.

341 S.W.2d 445 (1960)

Cleo RISBY, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Hall, Littlefield, for appellant.

Curtis R. Wilkinson, County Atty, Littlefield, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is transporting whisky, beer, wine and vodka in a dry area; the punishment, 3 months in jail and a fine of $500.

The evidence from the state's standpoint shows that on the night of November 8, 1959, Deputy Sheriff McLaury and Sudan Chief of Police Mears observed an automobile approaching the highway from the west on a dirt road in Lamb County, a dry area. As the automobile stopped at...

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