Case Name: THOMAS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1921-03-09
Citations: 232 S.W. 826
Docket Number: No. 6147
Parties: THOMAS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 232
Pages: 826–827

Head Matter:
THOMAS v. STATE.
(No. 6147.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 9, 1921.
Rehearing Granted June 22, 1921.)
!. Criminal law <®=>I086(I3), I087(i) — Appeal dismissed, where record does not show sentence or notice of appeal.
Under Vernon’s Ann. Code Or. Proc. 1916, art. 856, a showing in the record that sentence was pronounced on defendant and notice of appeal given by him to the Court of Criminal Appeals is a prerequisite to entertaining the appeal.
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Intoxicating liquors <©=>S3 — State law is not antagonistic to federal law.
The state law regulating the traffic in intoxicating liquors is not antagonistic to the federal statute upon the same subject.
3. Intoxicating liquors <§=>236(5) —• Evidence held sufficient to take to jury issue of defendant’s unlawful possession.
Evidence that defendant had on his premises a considerable quantity of intoxicating liquors and the equipment for its manufacture held sufficient to sustain a conviction for unlawful possession of the liquor, since the presence of the equipment indicates engaging in the business for unlawful purposes.
4.Intoxicating liquors <S=>139 — Charge that'to “possess” means to exercise control over held correct.
In prosecution for unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor, an instruction that the word “possess” means the exercise of actual control, care, and management of the property is correct; the ownership of the property not being an essential element of its possession.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, Possess.]
Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; Joel R. Bond, Judge.
James Thomas was convicted of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor, and be appeals.
Affirmed on rehearing.
Wynne & Wynne, of Kaufman, for appellant.
C. M. Cureton, Atty. Gen., and C. L. Stone, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
The Assistant Attorney-General calls attention to the fact that the record in this case fails to show any final judgment, in that there is an absence of a showing that sentence was ever pronounced upon the defendant, or notice of appeal given by him to the Court of Criminal Appeals. An examination of the record discloses such to be the case. Vernon's O. C. P. art. 856, and cases therein cited. This is a prerequisite to this court entertaining an appeal.
The appeal is ordered dismissed.
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