Ex Parte White
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. W. P. CtTNNiNGHAM, County Judge. The case is stated fully in the opinion. The city of Hillsboro being an incorporated city divided into wards, and within the limits of Justice Precinct No-. 1, the Commissioners Court should have designated the wards thereof as election precincts; and their failure so to do rendered said election null when attacked in a direct proceeding.
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Appeal from the County Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. W. P. CtTNNiNGHAM, County Judge. The case is stated fully in the opinion. The city of Hillsboro being an incorporated city divided into wards, and within the limits of Justice Precinct No-. 1, the Commissioners Court should have designated the wards thereof as election precincts; and their failure so to do rendered said election null when attacked in a direct proceeding. The facts are as follows: Prior to the entry of said order mentioned in subdivision 1 above set out, Justice Precinct No.. 1 had been by the proper authorities…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
At a local option election held on the 18th of January, A. D. 1894, in Justice Precinct No. 1, Hill County, Texas, which embraces the town of Hillsboro, local option was carried by a majority of eighty-five votes, and the notice of the result was duly published as required bylaw. Belator was afterwards arrested for selling intoxicating liquor in violation of said law, and thereupon sued out a writ of habeas corpus, alleging the law to be illegally adopted, for reasons stated in his petition. Upon a hearing the county judge overruled the prayer of petitioner and remanded him to…
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