Legal Opinion
Duran v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 28, 1942No. 21821PublishedCited by 3 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The unlawful sale of whiskey in a dry area is the offense; the punishment, confinement in the county jail for one year.
The sufficiency of the evidence to show that Dimmit County was a dry area is challenged', as also the charge of the court instructing the jury that such county was a dry area. The only evidence showing such dry status is as follows:
“T. B. Kellogg, being duly sworn, testified in behalf of the State as follows, to-wit:
“ ‘My name is T. B. Kellogg. I hold the office of County Clerk of Dimmit County, Texas. I also keep the minutes of the Commissioners Court. I am…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baldridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hodges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Grumbles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
- McCarver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943