Sears v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hood. Tried below before Hon. George W. Riddle, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for illegally selling intoxicating liquors to a minor, the punishment assessed being a fine of $50. The opinion sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with selling liquor to a minor, was convicted, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50, and from the judgment of the lower-court he prosecutes this appeal. The appellant asked a charge on accomplice’s testimony, on the ground that the purchaser of the liquor in question was an accomplice. The court refused to give this charge, and appellant reserved an exception. The proposition contended for means that the purchaser (that is, the party who paid for the liquor) was a principal in making the sale of the same. In our…
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