PRUITT v. STATE

No. 37783.

389 S.W.2d 475 (1965)

Horace Melvin PRUITT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill D. Wood, Tyler, Milton Greer Mell, Gilmer, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, W. E. Coats, Jr., Dist. Atty., Hunter W. Brush, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, for the State.


McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, wine, in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $500.00.

The state's evidence, adduced largely from testimony of a highway patrolman of the Texas Department of Public Safety, reflects that the patrolman stopped appellant on a country road, at about 10:00 P.M., purportedly to check his driver's license. While he had appellant stopped he flashed his flashlight into the car...

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