Sinclair v. State

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.

Appellant reserved a number of exceptions to the introduction of the orders of the commissioners court declaring the result and putting local option into effect in said county. But said orders seem to be in proper form and in accordance with the law on the subject. The fact that the order authorizing the publication in some newspaper did not specify any particular newspaper did not invalidate the order. The law authorizes the county judge to…