Hill v. State

290 S.W.2d 677 (1956)

Cornelius HILL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28165.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 14, 1956.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1956.

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady and Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the sale of whiskey in a wet area without having procured a permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board, with prior offenses of like character alleged to enhance the punishment; the punishment, one year in jail…