Crecelius v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant married while stationed in England during the war as a member of the Armed Services of the United States. He brought his wife back to the states with him after the war, and acquired a home near the city of Lubbock.

About nine o’clock the evening of April 22, 1949, appellant and his wife were entertaining in their home Bettie Lowrie and Bradford Bullard, whom they had invited as guests for the evening meal.

At that time, Fred Prestage, an inspector for the liquor control board, who was later joined by Inspectors Tally and Matthews and two policemen of the city of…