Vestal v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Hunt. The opinion discloses the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
In addition to his general plea of not guilty, the defendant in the court below interposed the two special pleas of autrefois acquit and former jeopardy.
Without noticing the many interesting questions so ably presented in the oral argument and brief of the counsel for appellant, we propose to limit our investigation to the matters of law incident to the plea and proceedings growing out of the plea of former jeopardy, believing that a discussion and adjudication of these questions will necessarily dispose of the appeal in this case.
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