Case Name: Johnnie Phariss v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1939-10-25
Citations: 137 Tex. Crim. 505
Docket Number: No. 20690
Parties: Johnnie Phariss v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 505–505

Head Matter:
Johnnie Phariss v. The State.
No. 20690.
Delivered October 25, 1939.
The opinion states the case.
Adkins & Adkins, of Brady, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is selling whisky in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $500.
J. T. Prewitt, an inspector of the Texas Liquor Control Board, testified that on the 31st of July, 1938, he drove to a filling station in the Town of Brady and purchased a pint of whisky from appellant. The proof on the part of the State was to the further effect that McCulloch County was a dry area. The testimony of appellant's witnesses raised the issue of alibi.
No bills of exception are brought forward and no objections were leveled at the charge of the court.
The evidence is deemed sufficient to support the conviction.
The judgment is affirmed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.