Legal Opinion

French v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 25, 1939No. 20482PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for possession of “unstamped liquor,” punishment assessed being a fine of $100.00.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. No other question is presented for review.

Under authority of a warrant to search the premises, inspectors for the Texas Liquor Control Board found in a water tank of an outside toilet two bottles of whisky. There were no stamp taxes on said bottles. The toilet was ten or twelve feet from the back steps of the house occupied by appellant. The toilet was described as “the usual type toilet colored people use,” and there…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mathis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Wooldridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. Huskey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Hilton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Peters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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