Ellithorpe v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is transporting whiskey in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $500.00.

By narrative statement of facts, the following is shown: Officer Cornelius, of the weights and license division of the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified that on the day in question he entered a liquor store in Ector County in order to use the telephone and there observed the appellant, that upon leaving he noticed appellant’s automobile parked in front of the store and proceeded to a point some 200 yards away where he had other business. He stated that, while at this…