Walker v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a sale of intoxicating liquor in a dry area, and, under allegations of two prior convictions, he was fined the sum of $400.00.

By virtue of Article 61, P. C., and allegations of two prior convictions of similar offenses, the trial court instructed the jury that they might under certain circumstances increase the penalty four times in the event of a conviction for the sale herein charged to Weldon Burney.

The complaint and information are assailed as being inadequate to support such charge upon the part of the court' in that it is nowhere therein alleged…