Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 1, 1922No. 6597Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

on rehearing.

March 1, 1922.

HAWKINS, Judge.

—In his motion for rehearing appellant insists that we were mistaken in holding that the court properly refused his special requested instruction with reference to the value of the property taken as a result of the alleged burglary. Appellant proceeds upon the theory that because there is a law making it an offense to sell whisky that it follows there is no market value for the same and appellant can not be guilty of burglary if the burglary was perpetrated for the purpose of stealing whisky. We do not regard it as necessary to discuss the question at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. O'Connor v. VineyardTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1905
  3. Peoples v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

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