Skinner v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of selling whisky in a dry area. The punishment assessed is confinement in the county jail for a period of twenty-five days.

It is charged in the complaint and information that on or about the 4th day of March, 1941, the appellant, Bill Skinner, did then and there unlawfully sell in Upshur County, Texas, to J. C. Howerton, an alcoholic beverage containing alcohol in excess of four per cent by weight, to-wit, whisky. It was further charged that Upshur County was a dry area.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the…