Baldridge v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The conviction is for the unlawful possession of whisky for the purpose of sale in a dry area; penalty assessed at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for a period of fifteen days.

Bill of Exception No. 1 complains of the action of the court in overruling the appellant’s motion for an instructed verdict of not guilty based upon the ground that the State failed to make out a case as charged against appellant by reason of the fact that there is no proof that Wise county was a “dry area” at the time of the commission of the offense. Our examination of…