Legal Opinion

Baughn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 29, 1934No. 16840Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Conviction for possessing intoxicatting liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

We see no need for setting out the facts at any length, or other matters of procedure herein in which we do not find any error. An officer testified that he and others went to appellant’s place of business in Marlin, Texas, and found there eleven half gallons of whisky, and in a back room a man named James, who was taking a drink of whisky out of a glass, appellant being present in said room. The State introduced James who swore that he did not buy the whisky he was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bryan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Renn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  3. Katz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. Whitman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Floyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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