Noris v. State

This is a conviction for violating the local option law, the punishment assessed being a fine of $100 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

Appellant's first bill of exceptions complains of the following: The prosecuting attorney offered in evidence a petition signed by a large number of the neighbors and friends of the witness, J.S. O'Neal, including the names of defendant's witnesses, R.H.C. Butler and Bud Lawrence, petitioning the sheriff of Smith County, Texas, to appoint the prosecuting witness, Jas. S. O'Neal, deputy sheriff. The petition was signed some time in November or…