Case Name: Cora Lee Brigham v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1949-12-07
Citations: 154 Tex. Crim. 55
Docket Number: No. 24533
Parties: Cora Lee Brigham v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 55–56

Head Matter:
Cora Lee Brigham v. State.
No. 24533.
December 7,1949.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Upon an information charging the unlawful sale of whisky in Hunt County, a dry area, appellant was convicted and punishment assessed at thirty days in jail.
The state was under the burden of establishing, either by proof or otherwise, that Hunt County was a dry area within the meaning of the liquor control act. The statement of facts, as well as the record as a whole, fails to reflect that the state discharged that burden.
The evidence is therefore insufficient to sustain the conviction. Hodges v. State, 151 Tex. Cr. R. 516, 209 S. W. 2d 611.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Opinion approved by the Court.