Harris v. State
| Decision Date | 13 February 1901 |
| Citation | 61 S.W. 124 |
| Parties | HARRIS v. STATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Young county court; N. J. Timmons, Judge.
J. R. Harris was convicted of violating the local option law, and appeals. Affirmed.
D. E. Simmons, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Appellant was convicted for violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and 20 days' confinement in the county jail. In motion for new trial, appellant complains of the charge of the court in instructing the jury that defendant must have acted in good faith in accepting the agency of the prosecutor to buy the whisky for him. We see no difference in this respect in the charge given by the court and that requested by appellant. We think the question of sale or purchase as agent of the prosecutor was fairly submitted to the jury, and the facts sufficiently authorized the verdict. The judgment is affirmed.
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