Case Name: HARRISON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-05-02
Citations: 254 S.W. 975
Docket Number: No. 7615
Parties: HARRISON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 254
Pages: 975–976

Head Matter:
HARRISON v. STATE.
(No. 7615.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 2, 1923.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 24, 1923.)
I. Intoxicating liquors <&wkey;210 — Indictment need not allege transportation of whisky was for purpose of sale.
It is unnecessary to allege, in an indictment charging illegal transportation of whisky, that the liquor was for purpose of sale.
On Motion for Rehearing.
,2. Criminal law &wkey;4363 — Evidence properly admitted as res gestee on hearing after plea of guilty.
Under the statute requiring some evidence when the accused pleads guilty to a felony, where defendant pleaded guilty to transportation. of whisky, evidence that he had coloring matter in his possession was admissible as part of the res geste.
3. Criminal law <&wkey;719(l) — Remarks of prosecuting attorney heldi unobjectionable.
Remarks of the prosecuting attorney that, if all juries suspended sentences in cases of the kind on trial, he and the sheriff might as well quit, was not a comment on any evidence not before the jury, nor objectionable otherwise.
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; Hugh Carney, Judge.
J. C. Harrison was convicted of transporting whisky, and he appeals..
Affirmed.
Bartlett & Patman, of Linden, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Upon his plea of guilty to transportation of whisky appellant's punishment was assessed at one year in the penitentiary.
It was not necessary to allege in the indictment that transportation of the liquor was for the purpose of sale. Crowley v. State, 92 Tex. Cr. 103, 242 S. W. 472; Cecil v. State, 92 Tex. Cr. 359, 243 S. W. 988; Copeland v. State, 92 Tex. Cr. 554, 244 S. W. 818; McNeil v. State, 93 Tex. Cr. 259, 247 S. W. 536. At the time appellant was arrested he was found in possession of 29 half-gallon fruit jars of whisky. He had broken some of the bottles or jars before the officers could overtake the automobile in which he was transporting it, but admitted to them at the time of the arrest that he had started with 18 gallons.
The state proved, over objection, that there was also found in appellant's possession, along with the whisky, a pint beer bottle about half full of coloring material such ás is used for coloring white whisky red; the objection being that it tended to prove other offenses against accused, viz. either of selling whisky or of having it in possession for the purpose of sale, and that it was prejudicial to appellant in the jury's consideration of his plea for a suspended séntence. The objections are not tenable. The proof shows part of the liquor found was white corn whisky, and part red whisky. The presence of the coloring material was res gestee. The jury were properly put in possession of all the facts, to enable them to fix the punishment and exercise their judgment-in passing upon the issue of suspended sentence.
In view of the facts and the qualification of the trial judge to the bill of exception relative to argument of the district attorney, no error is presented.
The judgment is affirmed.
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