Lee v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Upshur. Tried below before the Honorable J. R. Warren. Appeal from a conviction of the possession of intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Upshur County of possessing intoxicating liquor under what is known as the Dean Law, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.
There were two counts in the indictment. One charged the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, and the. other the unlawful possession of such liquor. By the charge of the court the jury’s consideration was limited to a finding upon the offense charged in the second count of said indictment. . This was tantamount to an acquittal of the offense charged in the…
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