Watts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The evidence showed that the State’s witness had borrowed from the defendant $1.75 in money with which to pay his poll tax.
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The evidence showed that the State’s witness had borrowed from the defendant $1.75 in money with which to pay his poll tax. The way defendant happened to loan the State’s witness this money was as follows: They were standing on the street talking and defendant asked the State’s witness if he had paid his poll tax, which witness answered in the negative; that defendant then asked why did he not do so, that there was but one more day left to pay it in, whereupon witness said he had no money; that defendant then said he would loan him enough money to pay his poll tax, which he proceeded to do. •…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was charged in the County Court of Tarrant County by complaint and information with the offense of unlawfully, wilfully, corruptly and knowingly loaning and advancing to another $1.75 in money to be used and was used for paying the State and county poll tax, the defendant then and there knowing that the money was to be used for that purpose.
It is urged by appellant that the Act of the Legislature, commonly called the Terrell election law, is unconstitutional, for the reason that the same embraces more than one subject, and said Act is invalid because the same is not fairly embraced…
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