Rawls v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, the finé imposed being $75-and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

It appears from the recofd that the commissioners ■ court of Sabine County ordered the local option election in question on February 14, 1902, and tabulated the vote and entered an order declaring the result on March 26, 1902: both orders being in due form. For some reason, not disclosed by the record, this last named order was not published in the newspaper for four successive weeks, as required by law. However, the record further shows that the…