Legal Opinion

Stevens v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 13, 1937No. 18823PublishedCited by 31 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Conviction for violating the Texas Liquor Control Act; punishment, a fine of $350.00.

From this record it appears that in 1906 Brown County, Texas, with all due formalities, voted itself what is known in terms of the Texas Liquor Control Act of 1935 as a “Dry Area.” It was neither pleaded nor proved upon this trial that there had ever been in said county a subsequent similar election with like or contrary result. We think it not necessary for the State to allege, in a prosecution for an illegal sale of intoxicating liquor in said county in 1936, that said prohibition or…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Clapp v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  2. The People v. HrdlickaIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  3. People v. FrahmCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
  4. People v. BolangerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. State v. UmbleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Sutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  2. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. McKee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Vela v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Guthrie v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938

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