Thweatt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Milam. Tried below before Hon. R. B. Pool. Appeal from a conviction of giving away liquor on election day; penalty, a fine of $200. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOU, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of giving away whisky oh an election day. Motion is made to quash the complaint and information because of their failure to set out the necessary averments, under section 120 of the Acts of the Twenty-eighth Legislature, page 154, known as the Terrell Election Law. We quote that section, which provides: "If any person shall open or keep open, any bar room, saloon or wholesale liquor house, where vinous, malt' or spirituous or intoxicating liquors are sold, during any portion of an election day, in any voting precinct, town or city, where such…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reuter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Neely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Bradshaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Fleeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
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- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
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