Johnson v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Late in the afternoon of September 19, 1947, appellant, eighteen years of age, and five other boys left Clarksville, Texas, where they resided, in appellant’s black two-door, 1935 model Ford automobile, to go to Texarkana, Texas, to drink beer. The party consisted of appellant, Billy Joe Ward (deceased), A. D. Fowler, Carl Carson, Buddy Carson, and Hubert Caldwell. Upon arriving at Texarkana, several beer taverns were visited at each of which places beer was consumed by some, or all, members of the party. During this time, Elmer Ray Collins joined the party. A short time before…