Thompson v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of selling intoxicating liquors in prohibition territory, and his punishment assessed at one year’s confinement in the State penitentiary.

The first objection raised in the motion for a new trial is that the indictment was returned against Shelly Thomas, .whereas the appellant’s name is Shelly Thompson, not Thomas. The following order appears in the record: “After the indictment had been read to the jury, t'he defendant on his own motion suggested that his name was Shelly Thompson and not Thomas as stated in the indictment. It is, therefore,…