Legal Opinion

Eldridge v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 8, 1932No. 15102Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is transporting intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant objected to the charge of the court for its failure to embody an instruction covering the law of circumstantial evidence. The arresting officer testified that he was about 30 feet across the street from appellant when he saw him walking down the sidewalk with a package under his right arm; that when he started toward appellant, appellant ran through one building and he, through another, both coming out of the-back of the buildings at the same time; that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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