Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 31, 1926No. 10052PublishedCited by 3 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, with punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

Appellant’s main contention is that the evidence does not warrant the conviction. We are not able to agree with him on this point. The evidence is short and undisputed. In some way not disclosed the sheriff had learned there were three gallon jugs of whiskey secreted under a cedar bush in a pasture some three miles from Big Spring and near the road leading from there to appellant’s home. The officer had secreted himself and was watching the whiskey.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Lamb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Finley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  5. Tullos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Adam Anderson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2016
  2. Orr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926

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