Tombeaugh v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail; hence this appeal.

The proof on the part of the State shows that some time in February, prosecutor came to the cold storage establishment in Lampasas, known as the Farmers’ Club, and ordered a pint of whisky, for which he paid 50 cents. After paying to Lawrence Doolittle (one of the parties at that time engaged in running the club) the 50 cents to send for his whisky he told Doolittle that he wanted some whisky then, but was…