Legal Opinion

Ratliff v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 9, 1955No. 27,496PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the unlawful possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale in a dry area; and his punishment assessed at confinement in jail for 30 days and a fine of $300.00.

The state’s evidence is sufficient to sustain the allegations in the information that appellant possessed whiskey for the purpose of sale in Taylor County on the date alleged.

Appellant, in his brief, urges that the conviction cannot stand because there is no proof in the record that Taylor County was a dry area or that there was any stipulation or agreement made in the presence and hearing of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McLaughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Stell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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