Childress v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Nacogdoches. Tried below before Hon. Robert Berger. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local_ option law; penalty, a fine of $50 and. twenty daj's confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $50 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.
As explained by the court, we do not believe there is anything in appellant’s bill of exceptions to the argument of the county attorney, insisting on giving appellant the highest penalty in case they found him guilty.
Nor was it error for the State to prove, as was done, by the defendant when he was placed upon the stand on his own behalf, that he had been charged before a justice of the peace with passing counterfeit money; that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pitner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
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