Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1962

Procell v. State

Procell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided April 18, 1962 · Woodley
356 S.W.2d 320; 172 Tex. Crim. 247; 1962 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 952 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Procell v. State

Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of beer in a dry area; the punishment, 30 days in jail and a fine of $250.

The information alleges that the sale was made in Nacogdoches County, a dry area.

The state concedes that there is no proof that said County was a dry area, without which the conviction cannot stand. Hargiss v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 339 S.W.2d 538; Smith v. State, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 351, 264 S.W.2d 106; Brown v. State, 135 Tex.Cr.R. 3, 117 S.W.2d 107.

The state’s brief also points out that there is no proof of the sale except by a statement of the appellant before a grand jury.

The evidence being insufficient to sustain the conviction, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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