Legal Opinion

Lahon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 8, 1924No. 8381PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— Sale of intoxicating liquor is' the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

According to the witness Morse, a deputy sheriff, he went into the appellant’s place of business and asked the man behind the counter for a drink.' Carson, who was behind the counter, placed before the witness a 'water glass containing whisky, from which the witness poured into a smaller glass a drink-of whisky, after which he handed Carson a dollar and received seventy-five cents in change. -He then arrested Carson. In approaching the premises, Morse was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lagrone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Davis, Jr. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  2. Knox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935

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