Fowler v. State

274 S.W.2d 705 (1955)

B. F. (Lefty) FOWLER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27306.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 26, 1955.

Burks & Brown, by Clifford W. Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The information alleged a sale of beer to Lynn S. Burk, in Lubbock County, a dry area. There was also a count charging a prior conviction for a like offense. The punishment assessed was a fine of $2,000 and one year in jail.

Lynn S. Burk and Eugene W. House were undercover agents of the Liquor Control Board to apprehend…