Laroe v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Kaufman. Tried below before Hon. John Vesey, County Judge. Appellant was convicted of willfully obstructing a public road, and fined in the sum of $10. The facts of. the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
By information appellant was charged with willfully obstructing a public road and highway.
Appellant moved-to quash this information, because it charged two distinct offenses. Article 405 of the Penal Code provides: “If any person willfully obstructs * * * any public road or highway, * * * he shall be fined not exceeding $500.” The information was drawn under this article of the code. Where several offenses are embraced in the same general definition, and are punishable in the same manner, they are not distinct offenses, and may be charged conjunc*375tively in the same count, or…
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