Brooks v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of selling whisky in dry territory, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.00.

The information, omitting the formal parts, charges “that. Horace Brooks on or about the 13th day of February, A. D. 1936, and before the making and filing of this information in the County of Ellis, State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully sell to Fred Moore a spirituous liquor, to-wit: whisky, a liquor containing in excess of one-half of one per centum by volume, in a dry area, to-wit: Ellis County, Texas, where the sale of intoxicating liquors…