Ex Parte Ford

MORROW, Judge.

The relator was charged with the sale of intoxicating liquors without a license, the alleged offense taking place in February, 1919. Prior to that date, he obtained a license, regularly issued by the State, authorizing him to sell intoxicating liquors, which license had not been revoked. It affirmatively appears that the alleged offense was not committed within a “zone,” described in Ex parte Hollingsworth, 83 Texas Crim. Rep., nor within a district wherein the sale was prohibited under the local option prohibition law. The prosecution is maintained upon the theory that the…