Hail v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the. County Court of McLennan. Tried below before Hon. G. B. Gerald. Appeal from a conviction of pursuing an occupation without license; penalty, ninety days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
was prosecuted in the county court, under an indictment charging him with pursuing the occupation of selling malt liquors without having procured a license. The occupation being taxed $50 by the State and $25 by the county. The record shows that if the occupation was followed at all, it was in a precinct where local option prevailed. There is no statute authorizing a license for the occupation of selling malt liquors in a local option precinct. The license is for selling intoxicating liquors in a local option district, and the .State tax thereon is not less than $200. It…
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