Wright v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Erath. Tried below before Hon. Thomas B. King, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for violation of local option; penalty, a fine of $30 and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. There is no valid statement of facts in the case. The matters presented by the hills of exception are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for a violation of the local option law. Appellant assigns several errors, three of which are noticed by the Assistant Attorney-General in his brief. As the record is presented to us, there is a fatal defect in the information, which requires a reversal of the judgment. This has been overlooked in the-presentation of the case by counsel. The defect in the information mentioned is that it fails to conclude “against the peace and dignity of the State.” Article 5, § 12, of the State Constitution, provides, among-other things, “that all prosecutions shall be…
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