HOno &Ul L. &l%ChfASOA County Attorney Bow10 CouAty Texalsltma,Texas &iAiOA No, V-627
Reg Appllcab llty of tit, 6664cj t11 of the Penal Code, ~egulrtIA& the COASIl@i~ of alcoholic bovep- .ageSin SAYpublic place, to the establiShIleA% described,

Dear SIP:

YOUP let%eP askiQ fop UL OpiAiOA of %hhisdegrPtU6At COAtdAd the fOllOWfA@

“Will you please advise following facts constitute a and 

### If found %obe a private Article 666-k(@)(1) would be to. 

### mewhethew the ppivate place, placepwhether applicable thepe-

‘The OWAep and 0pa~a%OP 

## of a foama~ AI%O club IA Bow$e County, Texas, vhefefg food aAd beverages* lacludirngbeep, ape legal17 sold aAd dancing pepmit%ed, Aow abmf%s oAl$ %hose wL%h a membez?shlpcard fop %he

### year 1948 pold in advance, After suoh members ape admi%%ed, food and beverages, includdfngbeep, 

### ape pichased by suchmembers, as well 

### as dpncilaglodulged LA, however, AO cover charge is made under the present plaA, There Is 80 chaAge of fame of the bustiesa nor the ovnership thepoofr, %‘heplace Is si%uated ou%slde the CftJ lititS' Ofn&Al Ci%y OP tOWA fA BOW&S County, Texas. Apticle 666~4(@3(1], bPnOA*S 

### PeAal Cod., 

### I)POsides 9s followss

“1% shall be u~~%awfulfo%O

### any person to co~aume eny alooholic beverages in aAy public place, 0~ 

### fopany person to passers aAy .

.fiOA.BUA L. &tahiAson, page 2 

### (V-627)

alcoholic beverages in any public #see fop the puzlpOSeOf cOASURl%Agthe same in suOh publla place* at aAy,time on Sunday between the hours of 

### ln15 adsi .aAd1~00 polo, and 0x8 all other days at any time Petwsbn the hours of 12:15 kern.Andy7800 a,.m.

It&s provided in Section 10 ofk&et. 

### 667, Vernonls Penal Code, th#.:

“ (a) It shall be'anlawfUl for atiypepSOA to sell beer OP.offei Same fOP Sale8
"(1) OA Sunday at a~ tine between the houFs.l*OO o'oloc3k(Lem.and ISa, o'clock P.m.

SOtStiOA10 of h'tlole 

### 667 &plies to all places, publlo,oP prfvate, go person shall sell beer
or offer same for sire OA Sundat at any time between the hears-of llO0 a.m. and 1~00 p.m. or on any day exoept Sun&$ 

### atany tlaa pclor.to 7800 o'clock a,& If beer isbelAg sold or Off@zNM%for sale iA the place EieAtiOAed In ywa~ opinion r,gu.st dwlna the hours set out in the statute, there 18 okearly a iTiolatioAof law,

There Is a8 "publae place' eneral

nor,ir fhepe a place .inoonnectlon with the statute defining the term statute defining ,"pabllc

COAtl'OlAct. snfoqrm~t of theJ&&mr

wh6ther a plame Is 

### a public )laoe w&en not deslgAated as auoh by statute la

### a question of hot OF 8-mixed queat.ioBof 18W.aAd fact fOP thendetermiaation of a jury under p?epetiinstruotlone from the.oou~t. hr- ;t'v. State, **26 TeSh**  **207;** denubrg v. State, 1$6 S.Y, Thendefinitiolw of the t&m' publie plaos in the Pe&l Code'are limited to the
r ticol&r offease or off0ASOS towhich,%key Nlateo ovevor, It la reasonable to 

### assume that the, ta~rltbin the defltitloas,~

### as. set out inArtiolrr Snd 475 of~the PeML Cod., " ,apethe ores that the Legislature Intended shou&d be lpplied In the determfnati(lnof the **que@ioa of**  whether **a**partLculer of the Penal **8**lace~ls a **public** 

### place o &%iole 

### 454(b)

**odr &mev~&@r,** **ip** pBrt, l**I rol&WBt** 

"Any public place b .,O is e * Oany place~at which people are assembled OP to whioh people oonmonly PoaoPt for tha puri”Eon. Bun L. Hutchinson, page 3 (V-627)

pose OfbUSiAsS8, a$usemeAt OP otheP lbwful pUPposes, @ 0 D
If, es a matteP of fast, the place hePe being considered 

### aasnbe bPough% within the tePms of &tlcle 45$b), we 

### am of the O~IA~OA that it Is a ?public place e

we bPb AOt giVRA aAy fbCtSt$at~WOtid indicate that the place Is not a public plrce 0 We 

### apeof the oplnion~that the feet that only persons vith a .membership card ape ednclttedInto the place is pot decislvesi. IA holding that a paPtloulrP place we8 6 ipublichoure thder OUP gaming laws, it

### was said inLockhart v, State, 10

### Texas275, that:

n to SUStbiA the Charge iA the iAdlctme&Oii vas not AecessaPy to pPovb, on the paPt of the State, that evePg pePSOA who deslPed.had access to the POOUISproof that aziygiven AumbeP of persoss ~8~0 pePmi%ted habltu.allyto play thePe would be sUfflcient,*

It Is OUP O~IA~OA that the sew rule wotildrpply IA the present instance, If the place hePe nndeP COASidePatiOA Is es 

### amatter of fact a public platie,it remains such 

### aplace PegaPdless of the method used IA allowing patrons to oome IAtO the place. CleaPly, a club which Is not 6 bona fide oPgaAlza%fon but Is a subtepfuge OP device to evade the law will fuPAish A0 pPOteCtiOA to OAy pePSOA.

1% Is a vlolatloA~oP lav Section 10 APtlcle 667 of the Peaal Code for kny pepSOA,,fA 6Ay pla@ep public OPpPiVate, to sell beep OP offeP sbme for sale8 OA Sunday at 64 time betweerr. %he ho$lPsof 1300 aOmO md 1:OO p.m. OP on rAy day except SUA~~Y at 

### anytime p~for to 7200 onclock a+.

WhetheP.%he place $escPlbed in ;he letter of iAqUiPy is 6 public lace with- +r.;he seanleg ofArticle 666ds)61), Ve D 0s Is a question of fact OP 6 mixedHon. Bun L. ~AtchiASoA, page 4 (v-627) " - .

auestlon of law 8Ad fact nilnationof a jury under tlons 

### from the couFt. for the deterpPoper lnstrucYours very tPu1y,

ATTORHEXGE?IERALOFTI3XAS