Legal Opinion

Manos v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 28, 1924No. 8409PublishedCited by 11 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

The conviction is attacked upon the ground that there was such failure to observe the provisions of the Constitution relating to the amendment adopted at an election held on May 24, 1919, as vitiated the election. It is provided in Article 17 of the Constitution that proposed amendments to the Constitution shall be duly published once a week for four weeks, commencing at least three months before the election, in one weekly…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Hay v. AldersonMontana Supreme Court · 1914
  2. State ex rel. Thompson v. WinnettNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Ex Parte GilmoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Fox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Cathey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Board of Fund Commissioners v. HolmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  2. Whiteside v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  3. State Ex Rel. Morgan v. O'BrienWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Doody v. State Ex Rel. Mobile CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. Herold v. TownsendWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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