Legal Opinion

Staton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1922No. 6758Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant appeals from a judgment condemning him to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

In separate counts in the indictment, appellant was charged with the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor and with the unlawful possession of such liquor. He entered a plea of guilty, and the evidence introduced shows, without controversy, that the appellant and one Mayfield were on the public road in a wagon in which there were thirty gallons of corn whisky; that appellant claimed to have owned the wagon and was driving the team.

The indictment for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rozier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Epps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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