Travis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Wharton. Tried below before Hon. R. F. Bentley, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for selling spirituous liquors in a place other than that designated in the license; penalty, a fine of §50. The charging part of the information is as follows: “That heretofore, to-wit: on the 18th day of July, 1895, a license was issued by the-Clerk of the County Court of Wharton County, Texas, to one H. G. Green, authorizing him, the said H. G. Green, to…
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Appeal from the County Court of Wharton. Tried below before Hon. R. F. Bentley, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for selling spirituous liquors in a place other than that designated in the license; penalty, a fine of §50. The charging part of the information is as follows: “That heretofore, to-wit: on the 18th day of July, 1895, a license was issued by the-Clerk of the County Court of Wharton County, Texas, to one H. G. Green, authorizing him, the said H. G. Green, to sell spirituous, vinous- or malt liquors, or medicated bitters, on Burleson street, in the town of Wharton, in Wharton…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
By information appellants were charged with pursuing “the occupation of selling spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, and medicated bitters, in a place other than designated in the license issued by the clerk of the County Court of Wharton County authorizing them to pursue said occupation.” There are no bills of exceptions in the record, nor is the statement of the facts sent up for our inspection. The only question presented by the record is the motion in arrest of judgment, upon the broad ground that the information charges no offense known to the laws of the State of Texas.…
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