Kilgore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. J. W. Hassell. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local option law; penalty, a fine of $50 and thirty days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
—Appellant suggested want of jurisdiction on the part of the county court to try the case at the term of court at which he was tried. First, because the term of the court was illegal, not being in accordance with the provisions of article 5, section 17, and article 5, section 29, of the Constitution. The order of the com missionm court fixing the terms of the county court ordered that there should be held a term beginning on the first -Monday in January, continuing eight weeks; and another, called the March term, beginning the first Monday in March, also continuing…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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