Pruitt v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, wine, in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $500.00.

The state’s evidence, adduced largely from testimony of a highway patrolman of the Texas Department of Public Safety, reflects that the patrolman stopped appellant on a country road, at about 10:00 P.M., purportedly to check his driver’s license. While he had appellant stopped he flashed his flashlight into the car and “saw a top of a case of — or the top portion of a box which was a case of wine. I didn’t know it was a case of wine at the time but there…