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Gipson v. StateGipson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 10, 1919
No. 5546.
Reporters:
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Before:
Lattimore
LATTIMORE, Judge.

—Appellant plead guilty in the District Court of Smith County, of the offense ‍​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‍of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and was given a penalty of one year in the penitentiary.

A motion for a new trial was filed, upon the grounds that the ‍​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‍liquor was not shown to be intoxicating, and that it .was not shown that the same was not made for sacramental purposes.

A plea of guilty, under our ‍​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‍practice, admits all the criminating facts alleged, and evidence is admitted only for the purpose of enabling the jury to determine the penalty. However, the evidence ‍​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‍in the statement of facts in this case, shows that the liquor was intoxicating.

The charge of the court and the indictment appear to be in accordance with ‍​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‍the law, and, finding no error, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Gipson v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Dec 10, 1919
Citations: 216 S.W. 870; 86 Tex. Crim. 364; 1919 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 435; No. 5546.
Docket Number: No. 5546.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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