Wood v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty in the county court of Wood County to the offense of unlawfully transporting an illicit alcohol beverage, to-wit, whisky, in a container to which no tax stamp was affixed showing the payment of such tax due the State of Texas, etc., and his fine was fixed at the sum of $250.00.

Appellant filed a motion on May 5, 1948, requesting the court “to set aside the verdict of guilty against him and grant him a new trial herein for the reason the same is contrary to the law and the evidence herein.”

On the 8th day of May, 1948, appellant entered into a…