Slack v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The following statement from appellant’s brief is substantially correct. The evidence disclosed that on June 5, 1909, the local option election was held in Comanche County, Texas, which resulted in the adoption of the local option law.
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The following statement from appellant’s brief is substantially correct. The evidence disclosed that on June 5, 1909, the local option election was held in Comanche County, Texas, which resulted in the adoption of the local option law. The order of the Commissioner’s Court, declaring the result, of this election, was published in the "Pioneer Exponent” on the 17th and 24th days of June, and the 1st and 8th days of July, 1909. The State showed that the defendant had not paid an occupation tax for selling liquors in Comanche County. E. Smith testified that during the months of November and…
1Concurrence
I fully concur in the opinion and disposition of this case by Judge Harper.
I will not attempt, because I think it unnecessary, to discuss at any length the question of the sufficiency of the indictment in this case. But I will simply give some of the rules and statutes which I think particularly applicable to the question.
I think it is elementary that it is competent for the Legislature to enact rules for the construction of statutes, present or future, and when it has done so each succeeding Legislature, unless the contrary intention is plainly manifested, is supposed to employ words and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- State v. DukeTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Snyder v. ComptonTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Sutphen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
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