Gaines v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a fine of $500.00 and six months in jail on a charge of transporting beer in a dry area.

The facts of this case are different from the companion case but raise practically the same question, i.e. that the complaint and information are insufficient because they do not contain the words “for the purpose of sale.” The discussion in Cause No. 25,606, this day decided, (page 105, this volume), is adopted for the question now before us.

Two officers were parked at nighttime by the side of the road leading into Brownwood. Presumably they were looking for…