Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 28, 1917No. 4714PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for pursuing the occupation or business of selling intoxicating liquor in prohibition territory.

The testimony showed that prohibition had been duly in force in Polk County for a long time before this prosecution began and was so in force when this offense was alleged and proven. The testimony also was clearly sufficient to show that appellant for some time before the offense was alleged herein had received from the express company frequent and large shipments of intoxicating liquor; that in addition, he, himself, had gone off on the train…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962

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