Legal Opinion

Bruce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 8, 1898No. 1557PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Parker. Tried below before Hon. I. H. Roach, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for a violation of local option; penalty, a fine of $35 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HEHDERSOH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $35 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal.

On the trial, R. B. Hood, county attorney, testified that the appellant confessed to him that he had sold whisky, as charged against him, to the witness Brock. It does not appear that at the time appellant was in jail. It is stated, however, that he had previously been in jail, and had some talk with the county attorney about indictments against him for violating the local option law; that something was said…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brittain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  2. Hargrove v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Burchard v. WoodwardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Miles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Kennard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. Smart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906

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