Bush v. Republic of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Case Be-served and Certified from Fannin District Court. At the spring term, 1845, Hillery B. Bush was indicted for keeping a tippling house, by retailing spirituous liquors in quantities less than a quart, without having first obtained a license therefor.
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Case Be-served and Certified from Fannin District Court. At the spring term, 1845, Hillery B. Bush was indicted for keeping a tippling house, by retailing spirituous liquors in quantities less than a quart, without having first obtained a license therefor. He was found guilty by the jury, and a motion was then made in arrest of judgment, which was overruled by the court and judgment entered against the defendant for $1,000 fine and imprisonment for three months; but the questions arising on the motion were reserved by the judge for the revision of the supreme court. The grounds upon which the…
1Opinion of the CourtWheelee, J.
Hillery B. Bush was indicted at the spring term, 1845, of the district court, under the second section of the act of 5th February, 1840 (4 Stat. 99, 22), for beeping a tippling house.
The jury found the defendant “guilty,” and a motion was made in arrest of judgment. The motion was refused, and the questions arising' thereon as to -the legal sufficiency of the indictment were reserved by the judge for revision here.
The indictment charges that the defendant, on a day specified, “kept a tippling house, by retailing spirituous liquors in quantities less than one quart, without having first…
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