Hegwood v. State

Pursuant to an indictment charging him with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor in the Second Judicial District of Jasper County, appellant was convicted. The indictment was returned by the grand jury on August 24,1948.

Prior to the foregoing proceedings in the circuit court, appellant had been arrested on a warrant from the court of a justice of the peace, who had jurisdiction, for the same identical offense. Appellant, with his attorney, appeared in said latter court on June 26, 1948, ready for trial. The prosecution was represented by the county prosecuting attorney, who was also…