Dodd v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The unlawful possession of whisky for the purpose of sale in a dry area is the offense; the punishment, a fine of $500.00 enhanced by reason of a prior conviction for an offense of like nature.

Appellant’s farm was situated on what is known as the “County-Line Road,” which road is a boundary line between Delta and Hunt Counties. His residence was located on a sixty-acre tract in Delta County; his twenty-eight acre pasture lay immediately across the road in Hunt County. Each of the counties was a dry area, within the meaning of the Liquor Control Act.

The officers made a search…