Williams v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Conviction for violating the local option law. It appears from the record that an election had been held in justice precincts Nos. 1 and 4 to determine whether or not the sale of intoxicating liquors should be prohibited in said precincts; that said election resulted in favor of prohibition; that the result had been ascertained and published, and the sale prohibited, by the proper officials of that county. The indictment, to be sufficient^ must allege -that the sale took place in the prohibited territory—that in which local option was in force. This is absolutely essential.…