Williams v. State

Decided February 5, 1887

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1887-02-05

Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Gustave Cook. The conviction in this case was for knowingly selling intoxicating liquor to a minor, and the penalty imposed was a fine of twenty-five dollars. The opinion states the case.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 1987

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Decided 1887-02-05

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White, Presiding Judge.

¶1This 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).

¶2The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶3Reversed and remanded.