Legal Opinion
Shappley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 9, 1974No. 48603PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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ROBERTS, Judge.
The appellant was convicted for selling securities without have been registered as a dealer or salesman in Texas. Punishment was assessed by the jury at $5,000 fine and five (5) years’ confinement (probated).
Briefly, the facts are that on February 8, 1972, appellant made a telephone call from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Dr. Charles Corn-well in Marlin, Texas, offering to sell and soliciting subscriptions for certain securities; i. e., City of East St. Louis Bridge Bonds. The evidence indicates appellant was not actually in Texas until sometime after the sale was confirmed…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Merrick Et Al. v. N. W. Halsey & Company Et Al., and the Weis Fibre Container CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Caldwell v. Sioux Falls Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Terry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Etchieson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Gordon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Goehring v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Rio Grande Oil Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Chudleigh v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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