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Andrews v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 22, 1925
271 S.W. 913 (Tex. Crim. App. 1925)

Opinion

No. 8943.

Delivered April 22, 1925.

Transporting Intoxicating Liquors — Evidence Sufficient.

No bills of exceptions appear in the record, and the statement of facts discloses that officers found 19 bottles of whisky in appellant's buggy that he was driving, and the judgment is affirmed.

Appeal from the District Court of Walker County. Tried below before the Hon. Carl T. Harper, Judge.

Appeal from a conviction for transporting intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year in the penitentiary.

The opinion states the case.

No brief filed by appellant.

Tom Garrard, State's Attorney, and Grover C. Morris, Assistant State's Attorney, for the State.


Conviction is for transporting intoxicating liquor. Punishment is confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

There was no objection to the charge of the court and no bills of exception are found in the record. The only question is the sufficiency of the evidence. Two officers testified that when they approached the buggy which defendant was driving he first denied that the buggy belonged to him. He jumped out and undertook to make his escape. The officers found in the buggy 19 bottles of whiskey. The statement of facts shows the verdict and judgment is supported by the evidence.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Andrews v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 22, 1925
271 S.W. 913 (Tex. Crim. App. 1925)
Case details for

Andrews v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOHN ANDREWS v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Apr 22, 1925

Citations

271 S.W. 913 (Tex. Crim. App. 1925)
100 Tex. Crim. 43

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