Legal Opinion

Magee v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 20, 1937No. 18660PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession for the purpose of sale in a dry area of liquor containing alcohol in excess of 4 per cent, by weight; penalty assessed at a fine of $100.

The state’s attorney before this court concedes that the information is insufficient to charge an offense under the authority of Whitmire v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 94 S.W.(2d) 742, in which case the holding was to the effect that the information must allege that an election had been held in the particular county which resulted in the prohibition of the act charged. The principle announced…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Whitmire v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  2. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  3. Privitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  4. Mrs. Oma Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  5. Grady v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Frost v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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