Legal Opinion

Gordon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 21, 1948No. 23970PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appellant was charged with and convicted of the offense of unlawfully transporting whiskey in a dry area and his punishment was assessed at a fine of Three Hundred Dollars.

The record shows that the sheriff of Floyd County was informed by a credible person that appellant would come into the county about midnight on May 6th, 1947, with a load of whiskey. The informant gave the sheriff a description of the truck and the license number. The sheriff, accompanied by a liquor control agent, went out on the mentioned highway and when appellant came along, he stopped him, searched the truck, and found…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Hemmeline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  3. Staley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  4. Alvarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951

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