Cerday v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Cotton county of a second and subsequent violation of the prohibitory liquor laws, and his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the state penitentiary for one year and six months.

The record in this case discloses that on the 16th day of November, 1929, the county attorney filed a complaint before the county judge of Cotton county, attempting to charge the defendant with a second and subsequent violation of the prohibitory liquor laws; a preliminary hearing was had, and…