Pierce v. State

274 S.W.2d 408 (1954)

F. D. PIERCE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27236.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 8, 1954.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1955.

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for the sale of whiskey in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $625.

It was stipulated that Hall County was a dry area.

The state's testimony shows that R. M. Barba and Lynn C. Burke, Inspectors for the Texas Liquor Control Board, contacted appellant in a cafe and told him they wanted to buy some…