French v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Mills. Tried below before Hon. John M. Furman. Appeal from a conviction, for failing to pay the occupation tax as a peddler; penalty, a fine of $10. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted under the law authorizing an occupation tax of peddlers with two horses, and his pun ishment assessed at a fine of $10.' Appellant presents several assignments, but it is only necessary to consider one, to wit, that the proof showed that, as a peddler, he was engaged in the sale of property which was protected by the Constitution of the United States as interstate commerce, and that the State had no authority to require him to pay a tax. The proof shows that defendant was the agent of the Estey Organ Company, of St. Louis, Mo., and his method of…
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