Williams v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

These convictions are for the offense of “. • . operat(ing) and assist(ing) in operating an open saloon . . .’’in violation of Article 666-3, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The complaints and information allege that appellants committed the violations on or about the 9th day of September, 1969. The trial was before the court, a jury having been waived, on May 11, 1970. Both appellants were found guilty and were assessed fines of One Hundred One Dollars each.

Irrespective of appellants’ grounds of error, we have concluded that under Sec. 13 of Art. 40.09, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., it is…