QUARLES v. STATE

No. 37285.

385 S.W.2d 395 (1964)

James H. QUARLES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Quarles, in pro. per.

Franklin L. Smith, County Atty., Corpus Christi, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is barratry; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $500.00.

In October 1963, an explosion occurred at a refinery in Corpus Christi. Several workers were killed and others were seriously injured. On that day appellant and his co-indictee, MacKenzie, left Houston, went to Corpus Christi, secured lodgings at a motel, a map of the city and a newspaper which carried the names and...

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