Case Name: W. O. Caldwell v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-12-15
Citations: 105 Tex. Crim. 503
Docket Number: No. 10297
Parties: W. O. Caldwell v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 503–504

Head Matter:
W. O. Caldwell v. The State.
No. 10297.
Delivered December 15, 1926.
Rehearing withdrawn January 5, 1927.
The opinion states the case.
King, Mahaffey & Wheeler of Texarkana, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Robert M. Lyles, Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
BETHEA, Judge.
The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bowie County for the offense of possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of eighteen months.
The appellant was arrested in an alley in the city of Texarkana with a five-gallon keg of whiskey under each arm. The record discloses that the kegs were almost full of whiskey.
Appellant complains of the court's refusal to give two special charges. The record fails to reveal any exception to the.court's refusal, either by bill of exceptions or any notation upon the refused charges that any exception was reserved. However, the trial court fully presented the matters complained of in said special charges in his main charge to the jury.
Appellant in his only bill of exceptions complains at the court's giving the following charge:
"Our statute provides that possession of more0 than one quart of intoxicating liquor shall be prima facie evidence of guilt, but' the defendant shall have a right to introduce evidence showing the legality of such possession."
This question was decided adversely to appellant's contention in the case of Walden v. State, 272 S. W. 139.
There being no errors pointed out in the record, and the facts being amply sufficient to support the .verdict of the jury, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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.