Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 12, 1908No. 4207PublishedCited by 9 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the county court of Grayson County for violation of the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $60 and thirty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The only question of importance urged as a ground for reversal is that the complaint and information filed in the case charged no offense against the law. To support this contention the authority of Carnes v. State, 50 Texas Crim. Rep., 282, 99 S. W. Rep., 98, is invoked. The decision in that case was rendered by a divided court. Whatever may be thought of the correctness of the decision…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Key v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  2. Carnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  2. Wesley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  3. Garner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Nobles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917

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