Legal Opinion

Sawyer v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 30, 1925No. 7727PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, JUDGE.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hill County of possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

The trial court correctly declined to quash the indictment herein. Tucker v. State, 251 S. W. Rep. 1090; Nantz v. State, 250 S. W. Rep. 695.

The refusal of a special charge instructing the jury that the transaction had by appellant with one Wolfe, if true, would not constitute a sale of intoxicating liquor, presents no error. The question of whether it did in fact constitute a sale would in any event be a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Newton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  4. State v. . SheffieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
  5. Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Carmean v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
  3. Carmean v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  4. Opp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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