Spencer v. State

227 S.W.2d 552 (1950)

SPENCER

v.

STATE.

No. 24480.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 1, 1950.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1950.

Burks & McNeil, Lubbock, by Burton S. Burks and Clifford W. Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the possession of beer for sale in Lubbock County, a dry area. A jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at a fine of $100 and imprisonment in the county jail for six months.

The testimony shows that two agents of the Texas Liquor Control Board and a deputy sheriff,…