Jones v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for transporting whisky in Angelina County, which was admitted to be “dry area”; punishment assessed by the jury at a fine of $100.00.

Appellant was shown to have been a taxicab driver. The statement of facts reflects that on August 14, 1948, two employees of the liquor control board were in a car parked at a point from which they could observe the “Black Cat” which was a beer place located behind a package store in Trinity County, where the sale of beer and whisky was lawful. The officers saw appellant drive his cab to a point near the beer and liquor…