Shafer v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the liquor laws in a dry area and by the jury assessed a fine of $200.00.

Appellant objected to the charge of the trial court alleging, among other things, that an improper penalty was submitted to the jury in that Art. 666-41, Vernon’s Ann. Tex. P. C., does not apply herein, but that Art. 666-4, as amended by the Acts of the 48th Legislature, Regular .Session, (1943), Chap. 211, page 340, provides a specific penalty of a fine of not more than $50.00 for a conviction for the possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in a…