White v. State

DICE, Judge.

Upon a plea of guilty, before the court without a jury, appellant was convicted of unlawfully selling whiskey in a dry area and his punishment assessed at 60 days in jail and a fine of $200.

By motion for new trial appellant claims that he entered the plea of guilty because of certain promises and threats made to him by an agent of the Texas Liquor Control Board. In the motion appellant alleged that the agent led him to believe that he was a Federal officer and promised him that .if he would plead guilty he would receive as punishment a minimum fine of $100 and also threatened to…