Potter v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

From a conviction in the District Court, 102nd Judicial Dis*591trict, Red River County, in which a fine of $250.00 was assessed for a violation of the liquor laws, appellant brings this appeal.

The first bill of exception complains of the charge of the court and quotes from it the following: “You are instructed that Red River County, Texas, is a dry area as defined by the Statute ***** and you are instructed to assess his fine not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed one year.”

Appellant was tried by a jury on a plea of…