Shelton v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a fine of $100.00 assessed against the appellant on a charge of violating the Local Option Law in Brown County.

The appellant operated a cafe in the front of which was a sign which read, “Shelton’s Cafe.” V. L. Delaney, representing the Texas Liquor Control Board, entered the place and approached the appellant, who was leaning up against the counter near the front, and asked him for some whisky. To this the appellant replied that he would sell it to him but that “you can’t take the whisky out of the cafe.” He then directed the witness to Emmett McCombs, who…