Green v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Dallas County at Law. Tried below before the Hon. W. F. Whitehurst. Appeal from a conviction of a' violation of the pure food law; penalty, a fine of $25. The testimony for the State was that the fruit of defendant, consisting of grape, etc., was exposed to flies and dust, and was not fit to be sold, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted for selling and offering for sale filthy and decomposed fruit, said fruit not then and there being protected from flies, dust and dirt, in violation of the provisions of chapter 47 of the Act of the Thirty-Second Legislature.
The constitutionality of "this Act is again assailed, on the ground that the caption contains more than one subject, and because the matter charged against this defendant is not contained or disclosed in the caption. This question was passed on by this court in the case of E. W. Focke v. State, 65 Texas Crim. Rep., 353, 144 S. W.…
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- Watts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Focke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
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- Ex Parte DraneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917