Tigner v. Texas

This is an appeal under § 237 (a) of the Judicial Code, as amended, 28 U. S. C. § 344, to review a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas sustaining the constitutionality of a Texas anti-trust law, and therefore upholding an indictment under it. Appellant was charged with participation in a conspiracy to fix the retail price of beer. Such a conspiracy is made a criminal offense by Title 19, Chapter 3, of the Texas Penal Code. Because the provisions of this law do not “apply to agricultural products or live stock in the hands of the producer or raiser,” Art. 1642, Tigner challenged…