Case Name: BELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-12-10
Citations: 216 S.W. 879
Docket Number: No. 5545
Parties: BELL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 216
Pages: 879–880

Head Matter:
(86 Tex. Cr. R. 363)
BELL v. STATE.
(No. 5545.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 10, 1919.)
Criminal law <&wkey;273 — Evidence admissible TO DETERMINE PENALTY • AFTER PLEA OP GUILTY.
• A plea of guilty under the Texas practice admits all the criminating facts alleged, and evidence is admitted only to enable the jury to determine the penalty.
Appeal from District Court, Smith County; J. R. Warren, Judge.
Gus Bell was convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Alvin M. Owsley/ Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Appellant pleaded guilty in the district court of Smith county of the offense of manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and was given a penalty of one year in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was filed, upon the grounds that the liquor was not shown to be intoxicating, and that it was not shown that the same was not made for sacramental purposes.
A plea of guilty, under our practice, admits all the criminating facts alleged, and evidence is admitted only for the purpose of enabling the jury to determine the penalty. However, the evidence in the statement of facts in this case, shows that the liquor was' intoxicating. The charge of the court and the indictment appear to be in accordance with the law, and, finding no error, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.