Legal Opinion

Snead v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 22, 1899No. 1379PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Denton. Tried below before Hon. I. D. Ferguson, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for a violation of local option; penalty, a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. No statement necessary.

1Opinion of the Court

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail, and he appeals. . .

The first error complained of by appellant in his motion for new trial is with reference to the following charge of the court: “An irregularity, such as failing to have the number of.election officers to hold said election as required by the general election law, would not invalidate or make void said election, unless such irregularity prevented a fair expression of the will of the qualified voters at said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fowler v. State ex rel. GeorgeTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SwearingenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
  2. Ex parte LeachMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. Holland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  4. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

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