Moore v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of wife desertion, and allotted a fine of $25 and fifteen days imprisonment in the county jail.

Motion in arrest of judment was made on the ground that the court did not meet until the fourth day of the term. The Revised Civil Statutes, Article 1778, provides that:

“Should the county judge fail to appear at the time appointed for holding the County Court, and should no election of a special judge be had, the sheriff of the county, or, in his default, any constable of the county, shall adjourn the court from day to day for three days: and, if the…