Elsner v. State
Citations
- 30 Tex. 524
Syllabus
<p>Where there are two counts in the indictment, one charging that the defendant did engage in the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and the other that he did, on Sunday, trade lager beer, both to the same party, the indictment is good. (Ante, p. 521.)</p> <p>The object of the legislature was to forbid all secular employments on the Sabbath (not excepting any) by the act under which the defendant was indicted.</p> <p>The disregard of the Sabbath constitutes the offense.</p> <p>To charge the offense in the language of the act is sufficient. (Paschal’s Dig., Note 720.)</p> <p>Where it was proved that certain customers bought and paid- for lager beer on Sunday, although numerous witnesses proved that the defendant was in the habit of refusing pay from his customers on that day, it was right to refuse a motion for a new trial.</p>
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- appellant's presence inside a vehicle on a public road does not alter the \public\ character of that road or convert the passenger's condition into one of private rather than public intoxication
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Judges: Caldwell
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