Gaiocchio v. State

Citations

• 9 Tex. Ct. App. 387

Syllabus

<p>1. Retailing Liquors — The “Bell-Punch Law.”—Appellant, who was a licensed retailer, was indicted and tried for violation of the “bell-punch law,” by selling a drink of whiskey and failing to turn the crank of the proper register. The evidence showed that the bar-tender of the appellant made the sale in the absence of the appellant, and there was no proof of the appellant’s complicity in the bar-tender’s failure to register the drink.</p> <p>2. Plea. —The record must show that the defendant pleaded to the accusation, or that he stood mute and the plea of not guilty was entered for him.</p>