Legal Opinion

Hendley v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 1923No. 7100PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Coleman. Tried below before the Hon. J. O. Woodward. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year and six months imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant and Dan Cotton were charged in separate indictments with the manufacture of spirituous and vinous liquor capable of producing intoxication. The offense is alleged to have been committed about December 1, 1921. Upon conviction appellant’s punishment was fixed at one year and six months confinement in the penitentiary.

Motion to quash the indictment contained four grounds: (a) That it failed to negative the exceptions; (b) that it failed to allege the manufacture was for sale; (c) that it did not allege the liquor was for personal use; (d) that the law under which it was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  4. Hughes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Blackwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  2. Millsaps and Millsaps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  3. Billing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Buie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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