Bentley v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale in a dry area, and, under the habitual offender statute, was found guilty and assessed a penalty of a $2,000.00 fine and sixty days in jail.

The testimony shows that under a search warrant, about 8 o’clock in the morning, officers searched the premises of the City Drug Store in the 900 block, on South First Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, on June 8, 1943, and under the floor thereof they found 48 pints of whisky and one quart thereof. It also is shown that appellant was…