Dossett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Milam. Tried below before the Honorable John Watson. Appeal from a conviction of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of possessing-intoxicating liquor, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
By amendment of the prohibition law passed by the Second Called Session of the Thirty-seventh Legislature, it is not now an offense to possess intoxicating liquor, unless the same is had for the purpose of ■sale, and it is nécessary to allege and to prove that it was so possessed for the purpose of sale before an offense is charged, on a conviction can be had. No. 6423, Frank Cox v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 256; No. 6510, Petit v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 336; No.…
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