Shakour v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for violation of the Texas Regulatory Loan Act (Art. 6165b Vernon’s Ann.C.S.) Section 5(a) of which provides in part that no person shall, without first obtaining a license from the Regulatory Loan Commis-ioner of the State of Texas (created by the act) “engage in the business of making loans with cash advances of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500) or less, and contract for, charge or receive, directly or indirectly, on or in connection with any such loan, any charges, whether for interest, compensation, consideration or expense or other…