Legal Opinion

Hart v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 22, 1948No. 24133PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Presiding, Judge.

Appellant was charged with possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale in a dry area in Henderson County.

A jury jvas waived, and the case tried before the court, and resulted in a conviction with assessed punishment of a fine of $250.00.

Upon the trial it was admitted that Henderson County was a dry area.

The case is submitted here upon the sole proposition that the evidence is insufficient to support the court’s finding that appellant possessed whiskey for the purpose of sale.

Under authority of a search warrant officers searched appellant’s house and premises. They…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Murry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  2. Gunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Slagle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Burris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  3. Widener v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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