Legal Opinion

Medlock v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 24, 1927No. 10383PublishedCited by 13 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing potable liquor containing more than one per cent of alcohol by volume, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was proprietor of a drug store in Roscoe, in Nolan County. The liquor he sold was tincture of ginger. In a signed statement he admitted he had been selling the Sunset and Murphy brands of said liquor and that same contained 92 per cent of alcohol. He further said: “I sell about two cases a month, each case containing 72 bottles; I don’t average that much all the time, but have sold that much in the last thirty days * * * in my…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. McCordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
  2. Park v. CandlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. People v. Central Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  4. McKeever, Cook & Co. v. Canonsburg Iron Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  5. Kennedy v. FaldeSupreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1886

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Ex Parte MiersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Lozada-Mendoza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
  4. Granato v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Andino v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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