Williams v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Williams v. State, 23 Tex. Ct. App. 70 (1887)
3 S.W. 661; 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 32
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Williams v. State
Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for selling intoxicating liquor to a minor. There is not a particle of proof going to show that at the time appellant sold the liquor he know that the party to whom he sold it was a minor. The offense consists in “knowingly” selling liquor to a minor, and it must be alleged and proven that the act was “knowingly” done, that is, that the seller knew he was selling to a minor.- (Hunter v. The State, 18 Texas Ct. App., 445; Penal Code, art. 376).
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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- George Williams v. State
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- Syllabus
- Unlawful Sale op Liquor to a Minor—Evidence.—To support a conviction for the offense of knowingly selling intoxicating liquor to a minor the evidence must show that at the time the liquor was sold the seller knew the purchaser to be a minor.