Legal Opinion

Sterrett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 12, 1924No. 7953PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Henderson County of possessing intoxicating, liquor for purposes of sale, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

There are a number of questions urged by appellant in none of which do we perceive any error on the part of the learned trial judge save in the overruling of the motion for an instructed verdict of not guilty based on the proposition that the facts were not sufficient to support the judgment. The testimony seems ample to show that the unlawful manufacture of liquor was being carried on a farm…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Albaneso v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Burgess v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Briscoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  4. Heeter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926

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