Williams v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for possession of whiskey in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, enhanced by reason of a former conviction for a like offense, six months in jail and a fine of $400.

A prior conviction was reversed for failure of the trial court to charge on circumstantial evidence. Williams v. State, 263 S.W. 2d 776.

Such a charge was given on the present trial, and the ques*151tion now presented is the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence to sustain the conviction. The evidence will be summarized.

Dan A. Bills, Sheriff of Lamar County, secured a search warrant…