Taylor v. State

The effect of appellant's contention, under his assignment relating to the change of venue, is that the District Court in Bexar County, in which his case was tried, was not a court of competent jurisdiction, and that any judgment it might render either acquitting or convicting appellant would be void. If the court was without jurisdiction of the subject matter, then it could render no judgment binding either upon the State or the defendant. White's C.C.P., sec. 539, p. 367; McLain v. State,31 Tex. Crim. 558; McNeal v. State, 29 Texas Crim. App., 48; Leach v. State, 36 Tex.Crim. Rep..

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