Atkinson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apeal from the County Court of Hunt. Tried below before Hon. F. M. Hewton. Appeal from a conviction of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor; penalty, a fine of $25. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for selling liquor to a miner, without the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor. The evidence seems to be uncontroverted that appellant was a physician and gave George Anderson a prescription for intoxicating liquors to be used as a medicine. The prescription is in the terms of the law. Anderson is shown to be a minor, about 18 or 19 years of age; and the facts for the prosecution and defendant show that Anderson was sick at the time. The prescription was given after the local option law had gone into force in the territory.…
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