Shields v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bosque. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Thompson, 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. The opinion sufficiently states the points discussed, and they need no further illustration from the record.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal.
Appellant, in Ms first bill of exceptions, contends that the local option election was void, because the order authorizing said election did not contain the exceptions in favor of the sale of intoxicating liquors and wines for medicinal and sacramental purposes. This was no essential part of the order for said election. Indeed, the law provides for the submission of but one issue to the people—that is, “For…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
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