Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McLennan. Tried below before the Honorable Richard I. Munroe. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully having in his possession equipment for. the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited; House v. State, 171 S. W. Rep., 206, and cases cited in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.
The appellant, preliminary to announcement of ready for trial, prepared and filed, in accordance with Article 865b, a plea seeking to have the jury determine whether his sentence should be suspended in the event of conviction. Article 717 of the Code of Crim. Proc. gives the accused, through his counsel, the privilege of stating to the jury, “the nature of the defense relied upon by him and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Poole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Dugan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- House v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Owen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Carr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
3Cited by4 opinions
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Kennedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993