Stephens v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is possession of whisky in dry area for purpose of sale; the punishment assessed is confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days.

Appellant, by proper plea, questions the jurisdiction of the County Court over cases of this nature. He seems to take the position that since Brown County was dry area prior to the adoption of Section 20 of Article 16 of the Constitution of this State in 1919, and the penalty for a violation thereof was a felony, that offenses since the adoption of the amendment of the same section in 1935 are also felonies, inasmuch as the…