Nobles v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault to murder, and his punishment assessed at eleven years confinement in the penitentiary.

This appeal is from Mitchell County and brings in review but one question, to wit: the trial was had at a term of court not authorized by law. The court met on the 31st day of May, 1909, and adjourned on the 18th of June thereafter. The contention is that it should have met on the 17th day of May instead of the thirty-first. The Thirty-First Legislature by a bill passed, which was approved and went into effect February 3, 1909, changed the term of…