MORRIS v. STATE

No. 30938.

329 S.W.2d 91 (1959)

Floyd Lee MORRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCain, Stanford & McCain, by E. Tate McCain, Jr., Palestine, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is transporting whisky in a dry area; the punishment, six months in jail and a fine of $1,000.

The trial judge approved a bill of exception which certifies: "The court erred in overruling the defendant's motion for a peremptory instruction of `not guilty' because all of the evidence on the part of the State and Defendant is and was insufficient to convict the defendant as charged."

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