Hunter v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Selling liquor is the offense, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year and nine months.

Appellant was indicted at the regular January term of the District Court of Hopkins County in 1927. The grand jury was, under the direction of the court, summoned by the sheriff because there had been no provision made at the previous term of the District Court for the selection of grand jurors for the succeeding term by a jury commission. The indictment was returned on the 3rd day of February, 1927, and on the 4th day of February the appellant…