Crawford v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the liquor laws of Rusk County, and assessed a penalty of a fine of $100.00 and confinement in jail for 60 days, from which conviction he appeals.

We think it is properly shown in the statement of facts that the election in the year 1903 resulted in prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in said county and that the Commissioners’ Court entered and had published its order prohibiting such sales.

As a part of his defense appellant proved by a witness that the sale, if any, took place in Panola County rather than in Rusk County; and…