Whitaker v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of intoxicating liquor in a dry area for the purpose of sale with a prior conviction for an offense of like character alleged for the purpose of enhancement; the punishment, six months in jail and a fine of $600.

The disposition hereof makes unnecessary a summary of the facts.

Appellant timely objected to and here complains of the trial court’s failure to define the term “prima facie evidence” in its charge to the jury.

Where the state relies upon the quantity of liquor possessed to show the purpose of such possession as it did in this case,…