Hickman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Montague. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Ritchie. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully establishing a raffle; penalty, a fine of $5. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Montague County, alleging that he “did then and there unlawfully establish a raffle and dispose by raffle of certain personal estate, the said estate then and there being less than five hundred dollars in value,” and containing all other material allegations.
Appellant filed a motion to quash the indictment “because said indictment charges two separate and distinct offenses in one count, in that it charges that, defendant established a raffle and also that he disposed of personal property by raffle.”
The indictment is drawn in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. RandleTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Basquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Phillips v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1867
- State v. . Baker and OthersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1869
- State v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1859
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Legere v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2002
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Derick Dewayne Evans v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2014
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