Mills v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Shelby. Tried below before the Honorable Chas. L. Brachfield. Appeal from a conviction of selling intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— In the indictment appellant was charged with the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor to Hagar Hooker; upon conviction his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
Hagar Hooker testified that he bought a quart of whisky from the appellant for which he paid him four dollars; that he purchased the whisky and delivered it to Edwin Booth. Booth testified that he gave Hooker four dollars in order that he might buy a quart of whisky from the appellant; that he saw the transaction and saw appellant deliver to Hooker two quarts of whisky,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bush v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Huggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Guyer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pope v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925