Court Opinion

ID: 3922262
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:49:09.592162+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:58:13.735943
License: Public Domain

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bowie County for the offense of possessing intoxicating *Page 504 
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 more 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.
                    ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.