Forbes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Comity Court of Nueces. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Hopkins, Comity Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for knowingly permitting the keeping of a disorderly house oivned and controlled by defendant, the punishment assessed being a fine of §200. The order of the District Court and certificate of the clerk transferring this case to the County Court, was as follows: “THE STATE OF TEXAS, ) At a term of the District Court, begun County of Nueces. j ailp h…
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Appeal from the Comity Court of Nueces. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Hopkins, Comity Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for knowingly permitting the keeping of a disorderly house oivned and controlled by defendant, the punishment assessed being a fine of §200. The order of the District Court and certificate of the clerk transferring this case to the County Court, was as follows: “THE STATE OF TEXAS, ) At a term of the District Court, begun County of Nueces. j ailp h olden within and for the County of Nueces, at Corpus Christi, on the 7th day of April, 1893, and Avhieh adjourned on the…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, being the owner thereof, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $200. The plea to the jurisdiction was not well taken. The transcript from the District Court contains the general order of that court certifying certain causes to the County Court, the indictment herein being included. We think this a sufficient compliance with the statute, without making out and certifying this order in each and every case-separately.
2. The evidence of reputation of the house and its inmates was clearly admissible in this character of…
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