Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1913PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrendergast, J.

Appellant was convicted for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in Montague county, after prohibition was in force therein, and his penalty fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

One ground of his motion for new trial is that the verdict is insufficient in that the only testimony against him is that of J. H. W. Jones, whose testimony is insufficient in that it shows him to be wholly unreliable and unworthy of belief and that he is a biased witness with no stability or reliability ; his statement being wholly unreliable and contradictory and unworthy of credit. Said Jones, for the state,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Sue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  2. Leeper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  4. Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  5. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kirkpatrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. McCaleb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Kirkpatrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. McCaleb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. McCaleb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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