Mooneyham v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Wichita. Tried below before tho Hon. Harvey Harris. Appeal from a conviction of vagrancy; penalty, a fine of $100. The opinion states the ease. Upon question of insufficiency of the information: Walton v. State, 12 Texas Crim. App., 117; Hunt v. State, 9 id., 404; Parker y. State, 9 id., 351; Edwards y. State, 71 Texas Crim. Bep., 405, 160 S. W. Bep., 80; De Los Santos y. State, 65 Texas Crim. Bep., 518, 146 S. W. Bep., 919.
1Opinion of the Court
PBENDEBGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
The information, based upon and following a proper complaint, after the necessary preliminary allegations, among other things, averred: That appellant on or about August 22, 1915, in Wichita County, Texas, was then and there a vagrant: towit, a person who unlawfully sold vinous, alcoholic, malt, intoxicating and spirituous liquors.
The statute (art. 634, P. C.) is: The following persons are, and shall be punished as vagrants, viz: (e) persons who unlawfully sell any vinous, alcoholic, malt, intoxicating or spirituous liquors. Said article of the Code enumerates a…
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