Carpenter v. State, 24301.
Decision Date | 09 March 1949 |
Docket Number | No. 24301.,24301. |
Citation | 218 S.W.2d 207 |
Parties | CARPENTER v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Hockley County Court; Z. O. Lincoln, Judge.
H. B. Carpenter was convicted of illegally transporting beer in a dry area, and he appeals.
Reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Smith & Boling and S. P. Boling, all of Lubbock, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.
Conviction is for the transportation of beer in a dry area.
Our State's Attorney has expressed the view of the court so pertinently that we adopt his brief as the opinion of the court:
Appellant was charged by information in the County Court of Hockley County, Texas, with the offense of transporting beer in excess of one-half of one percent by volume and not more than four percent by weight in a dry area. He waived a jury, entered a plea of not guilty before the court, was by the court found guilty, and his punishment assessed at a fine of one hundred dollars.
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