Case Name: MONTALBANO v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-11-26
Citations: 34 S.W.2d 1100
Docket Number: No. 13558
Parties: MONTALBANO v. STATE.
Judges: HAWKINS, J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 34
Pages: 1100–1101

Head Matter:
MONTALBANO v. STATE.
No. 13558.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 26, 1930.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 4, 1931.
Winfree & Weslow, of Houston, for appellant.
O’Brien Stevens, Or. Dist. Atty., and E. T. Branch, both of Houston, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
• The unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
The evidence is sufficient to convict of the offense charged. It was given by an officer who acted under a search warrant.
Notice of appeal was given on the 23d day of November, 1929. The bill of exception appears to have been filed on December 26, 1929. The statute allows no more than thirty days after notice of appeal for filing bills of exceptions, unless the time is extended by an order entered by the trial judge. In the present instance no such order appears. See article 760, C. C. P. The, bill of exceptions challenging the legality of the search seems to present no error. The search warrant was verified by the affidavit of two witnesses, and its substance is in accord with article 691, P. C., of this state. Some reference is made by the appellant to section 25 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (27 USGA § 39). The form of affidavit prescribed by the federal government is not controlling in the state prohibition laws. The substance of the two, however, are not materially different. See Cornelius on Search & Seizure (2d Ed.) p. 452. Article 727a, C. C. P., as amended by the Acts of the 41st Leg. (1929) 2d Called Session, c. 45, § 1 (Vernon's Ann. C. C. P. art. 727a), renders inadmissible evidence obtained by any officer or other person in violation of the Constitution or laws of the state of Texas, or of the Constitution of the United States of America.
The judgment is affirmed.
HAWKINS, J., absent.