Johnson v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the County Court for a misdemeanor.

The main question is as to the sufficiency of the indictment so far as a conviction in the County Court is concerned.

After the necessary preliminary, and closing, allegations, which are regular, the indictment avers: That on January 30, 1914, in said county, appellant “did then and there unlawfully and knowingly become the agent of D.' E. Ethridge for the purpose of obtaining the receipt for the said D. E. Ethridge for poll tax for the State of Texas and County of Palo Pinto, due by the said…