Legal Opinion

Stokes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 14, 1931No. 13708PublishedCited by 14 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor is the offense; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

A peace officer marked a one-dollar bill and gave it to Mart Holman with . the instruction that it be used in the purchase of whisky at the appellant’s place of business. The officer stood at a distance of about a block while Mart Holman went to the appellant’s place of business. Mart Holman testified that she purchased from the appellant a pint of whisky, paying him therefor with the one-dollar bill and a fifty-cent piece which the officer had…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Marron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. United States v. KrausDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1921
  3. Donegan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  4. Bookbinder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Reutlinger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Sutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Hammond and Thomason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Rippy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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