Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 10, 1933No. 15269PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for extortion, punishment being three years in the penitentiary.
The indictment substantially charged that appellant was the sheriff of Burleson county, Texas, and that as such he demanded and received from the State of Texas the following fees; one item for $93 purporting to be for traveling by private conveyance from Caldwell, in Burleson county, to Dallas, in Dallas county, and arresting one W. M. Hill and returning him to Burleson county by private conveyance on June 28th, 1930; another item for $93 purporting to be for similar services as to one J. H. Smith on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Potter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Felton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Levar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Crawford v. JoslynSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910
- Townsend v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hopkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- Linder v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1990
- Musser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- United States v. ThomasDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1943
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1953