Mims v. State

378 S.W.2d 318 (1964)

Clinton MIMS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 36769.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 25, 1964.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1964.

Weldon Holcomb, Tyler, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the sale of beer in a dry area; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $250.00.

Stephen Brown, who was fifteen years of age at the time charged in the information, testified that, in company with five other young people, he went in an automobile to the rear of a house out in the country from the city…