Cooper v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

The judgment recites that appellant “appeared in person” and entered his plea of guilty to selling intoxicating liquor in a dry area, and was fined $100.00.

Upon a hearing on motion for new trial the County Judge testified that the recital in the judgment that appellant “appeared in person” was not correct; that his appearance was neither in person nor by attorney, but was by the sheriff, who assumed to act under a general “power of attorney” from appellant directed to no particular person, and purporting to authorize the holder to enter the plea of guilty for…