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Coats v. State
89 S.W. 836
Tex. Crim. App.
1905
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Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail. The facts show that appellant, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, where local option was in force, took an order from prosecutor for a half gallon of whisky; and at the time he was acting as the agent of Doggett, who lived at Lufkin, Angelina County. The order provided that the goods were to be shipped C.O.D. by Doggett from Lufkin. After the order was taken, the half gallon of whisky was shipped by express C.O.D. from Lufkin to prosecutor at Nacogdoches, where prosecutor paid for the whisky and the charges to the express company. Under the decisions of the majority of the court in Sedgwick v. State, 12 Texas Ct. Rep., 455; and Keller v. State, 13 Texas Ct. Rep., 264, this is not a sale in Nacogdoches County, and is not a violation of the local option law in that county. Accordingly the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Coats v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Oct 25, 1905
Citation: 89 S.W. 836
Docket Number: No. 3227.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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