Legal Opinion

McElroy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 18, 1906No. 3130PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Coryell. Tried below before Hon. E. E. West. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of ■ the local option law; penalty, a fine of $60 and thirty days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Conviction for violating local option law, punishment fixed at a fine of $60 and thirty days confinement in the county jail.

The statement of facts show in substance that appellant had ordered from Waco a gallon of whisky, to be sent him C. O. D. at Gatesville, in Coryell County; that the whisky reached that point in obedience to said order; that appellant at the time was in Hamilton County, at which point he received notice from the express office in Gatesville that his package had arrived. Prosecuting witness Little was present with the defendant when he received…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. HartenbowerIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Tinker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Walter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006
  4. McGregor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Deisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

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