Case Name: Jess Waits v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-09
Citations: 133 Tex. Crim. 600
Docket Number: No. 19383
Parties: Jess Waits v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 133
Pages: 600–600

Head Matter:
Jess Waits v. The State.
No. 19383.
Delivered February 9, 1938.
The opinion states the case.
Wilkinson & Wilkinson, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
GRAVES, Judge. —
Conviction is for possessing for the purpose of sale intoxicating liquor in dry area, punishment assessed being a fine of one hundred dollars.
The proof on the part of the State was to the effect that appellant had in his possession at the time of the search of his premises a quantity of whisky and beer.
There is no evidence in the record in support of the averments in the complaint and information that a local option election had been held in Franklin County; that said election had resulted in the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor; and that the result had been duly declared and published by the commissioners' court. Appellant's contention that, in the absence of such proof, the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction must be sustained. See Humphreys v. State, 99 S. W. (2d) 600; Green v. State, 101 S. W. (2d) 241.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.