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264 S.W.2d 106

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1954

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1954-01-27

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1962

Relies on Kees v. Canada Dry Ginger Ale · 151 Tex. Crim. 511 - Hodges v. State · Davis v. State

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Decided 1954-01-27

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BELCHER, Commissioner.

¶1Appellant was convicted for the unlawful possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale in Coryell County, a dry area, and his punishment was assessed at 90 days in jail and a fine of $250.

¶2Under the Texas Liquor Control Act, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666-1 et seq., it is required that the state establish, either by proof or otherwise, that the alleged county was a dry area, within the meaning of said Act. The statement of facts and the record in this case fail'to reflect that the state met this requirement.

¶3The evidence is therefore insufficient to sustain the conviction. Brigham v. State, 154 Tex.Cr.R. 55, 225 S.W.2d 176; Davis v. State, 155 Tex.Cr.R. 101, 231 S.W.2d 444; Hodges v. State, 151 Tex.Cr.R. 511, 209 S.W.2d 611.

¶4The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶5Opinion approved by the Court.

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