Legal Opinion

Cole v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 1917No. 4378Published

Appeal from the County Court at Law of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. T, A. Work. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of a city ordinance, for exhibiting moving pictures without permission; penalty, a fine of fifty dollars.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was charged with unlawfully exhibiting a moving picture in the City of Dallas without the written permission and approval of the authorized censor of commercialized amusements, contrary to the ordinances of the City of Dallas He was tried in the Corporation Court, and appealed to the County Court, and there *26tried upon an agreed statement of facts and convicted, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $50.

Article 86 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matula v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Grigsby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

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