SHARP v. STATE

No. 38263.

392 S.W.2d 127 (1965)

James Winston SHARP, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney of record on appeal.

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


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful offer to sell securities which had not been registered with the Securities Commission as denounced by Article 581-1 et seq. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St.; the punishment, five years and a fine of $3,000.

The first 340 pages of this record reveal how appellant aroused the interest and cupidity of a West Texas farmer and through him, the farmer's doctor and thence to the pharmacist to whom appellant offered to sell 5,000 shares...

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