Clay v. State

276 S.W.2d 843 (1955)

Vernon CLAY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27452.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 2, 1955.

Pat Beene, Snyder, for appellant.

Wayland G. Holt, County Atty., Snyder, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of whiskey, wine and beer in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, one year in jail and a fine of $500.

Sheriff Whisnand testified that he went to an apartment occupied by Sammy and Jesse Riggins one Saturday night and there found a quantity of intoxicants, that he…