Flaniken v. State

GRAY, Justice.

This suit was filed under the authority of Article 666-42 (b), Vernon’s Ann. Penal Code, to forfeit a quantity of beer (984 cans) and a 1947 Dodge one and one-half ton truck. The beer and truck were seized by the Sheriff of Runnels County, in that county, and at the time of the seizure the beer was in the truck and both' were in the possession of Doss Dee Flaniken. It was agreed that Runnels County was a dry area.

Doss Dee Flaniken was alleged to be a party interested in the property and was cited to appear at the trial. Mrs. Len Kiper, a widow and a sister of Flaniken,…