Pruitt v. State

389 S.W.2d 475 (1965)

Horace Melvin PRUITT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 37783.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 24, 1965.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1965.

Bill D. Wood, Tyler, Milton Greer Mell, Gilmer, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, W. E. Coats, Jr., Dist. Atty., Hunter W. Brush, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, for the State.

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, wine, in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $500.00.

The state's evidence, adduced largely from testimony of a highway patrolman of the Texas…