Wood v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for violating the local option liquor laws, with punishment assessed at a fine of $1,000 and two years’ confinement in jail by reason of two prior convictions for offenses of like character, under Art. 61, P.C.

To authorize the punishment assessed it was necessary that the second prior conviction be subsequent to the first prior conviction in point of time of the commission of the offense as well as the time of the conviction.

In the instant case the information sufficiently complied with that rule, but to sustain the allegation of prior convictions the…