Hightower v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of violating the local option law, and her punishment assessed at a fine of $30 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The election is shown to have occurred on the 8th day of March, 1906, and so far as this record discloses this election was never contested. Article 5728 of the Eevised Statutes provides for the contest of election on this question, and states that after the expiration of the time named therein' and no contest is filed, it shall be conclusively presumed that a valid and binding election has been had. Consequently…