Ex Parte Davis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Dallas County. Original habeas corpus proceeding, asking release from arrest upon a complaint in the Justice Court, charging a violation of section 1, chapter 24, Act of Thirty-fifth Legislature, Fourth called session, known as the state-wide prohibition law. The opinion states the case.
1Dissent
Relator was charged with manufacturing intoxicants in violation of an Act passed by the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, p. 37, which prohibits the sale, manufacture, transportation and solicitation of orders for sale of intoxicants. This legislation had for its central thought and controlling and only purpose making Texas a completely "dry" State, and the abrogation of the local option provision of the Constitution, which is Article 16, Section 20. To make this effective, the sale, manufacture, shipment, and solicitation of orders involving sales were prohibited. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Western U. T. Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Dupree v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1909
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Ex Parte Milt DupreeTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Ex Parte WoodsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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