Head v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wood County; J. R. Warren, Judge. Jim Head was convicted for pursuing the business of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in prohibited territory, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, J.
The conviction is for pursuing the business of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in prohibited territory.
The purchasers named in the indictment testified to the transactions. One claimed to have bought nine bottles óf Budweiser beer in three transactions, and produced at the trial and exhibited to the jury six of the bottles labeled “Budweiser.” He testified:
“I know whether or not that beer was intoxicating when drunk in reasonable quantities. It is bound to have been intoxicating when drunk in reasonable quantities, because I drank one bottle and I know it was 'beer, as good beer as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McGrath v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Carson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Barton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Gonzalez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1891
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