Chapman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before Hon. E. E. Adams, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for violating local option; penalty, a fine of §20, and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail.
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Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before Hon. E. E. Adams, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for violating local option; penalty, a fine of §20, and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. The following statement of the case, taken from appellant’s brief, is substantially correct, viz: In this case the State introduced certified copies of the order authorizing an election in Johnson County, Texas, to determine whether the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited therein; the judgment of the court assuming to declare the result, and proclamation of the…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $20 and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal. The information in this case is substantially in thé same form as the information in the case of Key v. State, ante, p. 77, and the court did not err in holding it good. Appellant, by his first bill of exceptions, states that a certified copy of the order of the Commissioners’ Court of Johnson County, of date January 29, 1894, was introduced in evidence over his objections. We are not informed by the…
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