Jones v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Kleberg County for unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

There is only one bill of exception in the record, wherein the appellant complains of the refusal of the court to grant him a new trial because of the alleged separation of the jury during the trial. The record discloses that at the noon hour, when the jurors were leaving the courtroom in the custody of the officer, three of them stopped in the toilet while the remaining nine, with the officer in charge,…