Pearson v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by the jury for possessing intoxicating liquor in a dry area for the purpose of sale, and sentenced to serve ninety days in the county jail.

We are met at the threshhold of the consideration of this case with the proposition relative to the proof of the dry status of Cherokee County. The whole proof offered for the purpose of showing the dry status of such county is as follows:

“My name is Melvin Sessions. The official position that I hold at this time is County Clerk of Cherokee County, Texas. As County Clerk I am custodian of the records and minutes of…