Legal Opinion

Lenox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 11, 1941No. 21642PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was tried on a charge of maintaining a common nuisance and assessed ninety days in jail with a fine of $100.00.

Appellant timely moved to quash the complaint and information on the ground that it failed to charge an offense against the'law. It is alleged also that the charges are in the disjunctive in that it is alleged that appellant was keeping a place “ * * * where intoxicating liquor, to wit, beer and whisky was kept, possessed and sold or given away * * It further sets out that the complaint and information failed to negative the fact that appellant did not have…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. Commander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Jasper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  3. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

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