Reuter v. State

Appellant was charged with opening and keeping open his saloon on election day, the purpose of the election being to determine whether hogs, sheep, and goats should run at large in Dallas County. The conviction resulted in a fine of $100 as the punishment.

The information, omitting formal parts, charged that the election was held "in said county, in a certain precinct, to wit, in the First ward of the incorporated city of Dallas, for the purpose of enabling the free-holders of said county to determine whether hogs, sheep, or goats should be permitted to run at large in said county; and H.…