Yakel v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Harrison. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Cooper, County Judge. Appellant was tried under an indictment which charged him with unlawfully and knowingly selling intoxicating liquor to a minor without the written consent of the parent, guardian, or any one standing in the place of such parent or guardian of said minor, was convicted and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25. The opinion sufficiently states the facts.
1Dissent
HURT, Judge,
dissenting.—I regret that I can not agree with my brothers in the view taken of this case. The statement of the case, contained in the opinion of Judge Davidson, is not as clear as it should be. The undisputed facts bearing upon the question in regard to which we differ are: Rolin Williams gave his son Johnnie Williams, who is a minor, 25 cents, instructing him to go to the saloon of the appellant and buy him (Rolin Williams) a bottle of whisky. The minor swears: “I told Mr. Yakel that my father was sick, and that my father had told me to tell Mr. Yakel to send him a bottle of…
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