Fowler v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the liquor laws in Lubbock County and fined the sum of $500.00, and he appeals.

It appears from the record that appellant entered no plea to the information and none was entered for him. A plea is a requisite for a proper trial. Art. 518, Vernon’s Ann. C.C.P.; Branch’s Criminal Law, p. 430, sec. 676; Thompson v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 412, 80 S.W. 623. Such failure can be raised after the trial by a bill of exception. Webb v. State, 55 S.W. 493. We find this matter shown in Bills of Exception Nos. 2, 3 and 4.

We also think the trial court…