Case Name: ANDERSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-16
Citations: 114 S.W.2d 570
Docket Number: No. 19338
Parties: ANDERSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 114
Pages: 570–571

Head Matter:
ANDERSON v. STATE.
No. 19338.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 16, 1938.
Rehearing Denied March 23, 1938.
H. J. Bernard and B. L. Palmér, both of Houston (King C. Haynie, of Houston, on motion for rehearing), for appellant.
Kahn & Branch, of Houston, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
Conviction for a misdemeanor; punishment being assessed at a fine of $100.
The complaint and information charge, in substance, that appellant's husband was the holder of a package store permit issued by the Texas Liquor Control Board, authorizing the sale at retail of intoxicating liquor on premises situated at No. 1400 Franklin avenue, at and near the intersection of Franklin avenue and Austin street in the city of Houston. Further, it is averred that on the 11th of April, 1937, the same being Sunday, appellant as agent of her husband sold and delivered to V. L. Delaney intoxicating liquor, to wit, "whis-ky, said liquor containing more than 14 per cent of alcohol by volume." Again, it is alleged that the sale and delivery were not made upon the prescription of a duly licensed physician.
The testimony on the part of the state was to the effect that V. L. Delaney, an inspector of the Texas Liquor Control Board, went to appellant's husband's place of business on the 11th of April, 1937, and purchased some whisky from appellant. The sale was not made upon the prescription of a duly licensed physician. Other inspectors of the Liquor Control Board went with Mr. Delaney on the occasion of the purchase, and testified as witnesses for the state upon the trial of the appellant.
Appellant's contention that the inspectors were accomplice witnesses cannot be sustained. No deceptive methods were used by them to induce appellant to violate the law. A similar question was before this court and was decided adversely to the appellant's contention in the cases of Stevens v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 110 S.W.2d 906, and Wooldridge v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 109 S.W.2d 751.
The question herein raised relative to the sufficiency of the complaint was decided adversely to the appellant's contention in the case of Earl Hughes v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 114 S.W.2d 566, delivered February 9, 1938.
The judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.