Shawhart v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is possession of whisky in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, a fine of $300.

Constable Willie Prescott testified that on November 27, 1956, he saw appellant in a grass pasture in Childress County about 10 o’clock at night; that appellant left the house of one Bailey and some fifty yards from where he crossed the fence appellant “stooped” and “it appeared that he was feeling and *128fumbling around in the grass. I heard a noise that sounded like the rattle of paper.”

After appellant walked away from the place he had stooped Deputy Sheriff Hollis Wilson…