Arnold v. State

Appeal from the County Court of Brown. Tried below before Hon. Charles- Bogan, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for violation of local option. Penalty, a fine of $25, and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. The defense was that defendant was steward of a social club, and that as such he was not liable under the law. All the facts pertaining to the organization, management, business, etc., of said so-called club, and its operations in connection with the purchase and sale of beer by and through defendant as its steward, are fully explained in the testimony of “the president” of…