McMeans v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hood. Tried below before Hon. George W. Riddle, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for violation of local option, appellants having been jointly indicted and jointly tried; penalty, a fine of $25 and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail against each of the defendants.
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Appeal from the County Court of Hood. Tried below before Hon. George W. Riddle, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for violation of local option, appellants having been jointly indicted and jointly tried; penalty, a fine of $25 and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail against each of the defendants. They attempt to prosecute this appeal by a joint recognizance. .The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal, because, 1st. It recites no offense. 2d. Because it is a joint recognizance.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellants were jointly indicted for a violation of the local option law. convicted, and appeal. The Assistant At tomey-General, upon two grounds, moves a dismissal of the appeal: First, that the recognizance is insufficient in not reciting the offense charged against appellants, and in not reciting any offense; and, second, because the recognizance on appeal is a joint undertaking by the appellants, and not separate, as it should be. The recognizance recites that the appellants stand charged with the offense of “unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in a prohibition…
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