Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 11, 1940No. 21326PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is selling wine in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.

An inspector of the Texas Liquor Control Board testified that on the 28th day of September, 1939, he bought a quart of wine from appellant. The testimony of appellant’s witnesses raised the issue of alibi.

Appellant contends that the State failed to introduce all of the orders necessary to show the dry status of Hall County. Appellant has failed to specify the absence of any essential order from the record. Our examination of the statement of facts leads us to the conclusion that all essential orders…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  2. Terry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Steen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Sessums v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Steen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952

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