Legal Opinion

Templin v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 29, 1933No. 15653Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CALHOUN, Judge.

Possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; punishment, 18 months in the penitentiary.

A deputy sheriff by the name of Leonard McKenzie testified that on May 28, 1932, he was out near where appellant lived and he and others found a half gallon of whisky on a vacant lot about 60 or 70 steps south of where appellant lived. The liquor was in some weeds, and there was a cow staked out in the neighborhood of where- the liquor was found. The appellant lived in a sparsely settled neighborhood, and there were vacant lots on both sides of the house where…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Owens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  3. Blackstock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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