Case Name: Leonard Kilburn, Jr. v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1957-12-11
Citations: 165 Tex. Crim. 385
Docket Number: No. 29,354
Parties: Leonard Kilburn, Jr. v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 385–385

Head Matter:
Leonard Kilburn, Jr. v. State
No. 29,354.
December 11, 1957.
J. W. Reid, of Reid & Reid, Abilene, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The appellant was convicted upon two counts of an information charging transportation and sale of whiskey in a dry area, with prior convictions alleged for enhancement; the punishment, 30 days in jail and a fine of $300.00 in each count.
Our able state's attorney confesses error, and we agree. There was no evidence adduced, nor do we find a stipulation, concerning the dry status of the area where the offenses are alleged to have been committed.
It has been the consistent holding of this court that the dry status of the area must be proven or established by agreement of the parties. Weatherman v. State, 161 Texas Cr. Rep. 272, 276 S.W. 2d 524.
The judgment is reversed.