Legal Opinion
Claunch v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 5, 1917No. 4640PublishedCited by 4 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
The conviction is for the unlawful pürsuit of the occupation of selling non-intoxicating malt liquors without the payment of tax.
The prosecution is for violation of article 157, Penal Code, Vernon’s Texas Crim. Stats., vol. 1, p. 92. The same law is discussed by this court in Ex parte Townsend, 64 Texas Crim. Rep., 350, and a statement of its details is not necessary. It is sufficient to say that it authorizes the levying and collection of a State and county tax aggregating the sum of three thousand dollars as a condition precedent to engaging in the business of selling…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
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