Henson v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

This appeal is from conviction in the county court of Wilson County for violation of the election laws, with punishment fixed at a fine of $200.00.

We are met at the threshold of our consideration of this case by a jurisdictional question. The prosecution is upon indictment, which makes necessary the conclusion that same resulted from a grand jury investigation, and to have validity it must have been returned into the district court and been transferred by an order duly made by the judge of the district court, to the county court. The record herein shows no transfer from any…