Case Name: CRAIN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1953-01-07
Citations: 253 S.W.2d 867
Docket Number: No. 26137
Parties: CRAIN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 253
Pages: 867–868

Head Matter:
CRAIN v. STATE.
No. 26137.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 7, 1953.
Reid & Reid and J. W. Reid, Abilene, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The conviction is for possession of whis-ky in Taylor County, a- dry area, for the purpose of sale; the punishment 90 days in jail and a fine of $500.
The state confesses that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction because of the failure to prove that Taylor County was a dry area.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.