Barrera v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the sale of whisky in a dry area with a prior conviction alleged for enhancement; the punishment, $1,000 fine.

It was stipulated that Taylor County was a dry area; and proof was offered of the prior conviction as alleged.

Jimmy Martin, the alleged purchaser, is a Negro. He did not testify.

A police officer testified that he and a fellow officer saw the appellant and a Negro,, about 4:30 P.M., walk around the corner of a hotel, notorious as a bootlegging place operated by and for Negroes. The Negro and appellant continued a short distance toward the officer…